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within the city limits falls 260 feet. Visit 

«- 1 I ^ , : Rochester and you will be impressed with 

■^^ \\ I I / its beauty, cleanliness, healthfulness, its first- 

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ALEXANDER B. LAMBERTON, 
President Rochester Chamber of Commerce, 1901. 



ROCHESTER 

THE POWER CITY 




1900-1901 






ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

PUBLISHERS 



PRESS OF 
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DEC 14 1906 
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ROCHESTEd 

THE POWER, CITY. 





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IT is only withiu the last decade or two that the people of Rochester 
realized to its fullest extent the unparalleled advantages and possi- 
bilities of its water power. It is true that, in a vague way, the 
founders of the city, and those who subsequently aided in its develop- 
ment, had a knowledge of what nature provided, but only in later 
years was there a scientific and systematic revealment of our water 
privileges. The early pioneers did well with the knowledge they 
possessed regarding the Genesee River and its tributaries, and con- 
structed the two races which for many years provided power for mills and 
factories along their courses. 

In the course of time, however, it was seen how inadequate the water 
supply was for the requirements of Rochester's industries, and the project of 
proper water storage was earnestly discussed by the citizens. The Rochester 
Chamber of Commerce took up the matter, by employing the well known 
Civil Engineer, George W. Rafter, to make a thorough examination of the 
subject, and that expert published an exhaustive report, entitled "The Genesee 
River Storage, and Its Relations to the Erie Canal and the Manufacturing 
Interests of Western New York." It maybe said that Mr. Rafter's reports 
and arguments concerning the State's declaration that the water of the Genesee 
River belonged of right to the State alone, was largely the means of inducing 
the Legislature to grant a franchise for the construction of a storage dam at 
Portage, with the proviso that a certain amount of w^ater be rendered available 
at all times for the use of the Erie Canal. This modification of the State's 
claim gave encouragement to the people of Rochester, who desired to see the 
greater development of waler power. The franchise to construct the great 
dam was given to The Genesee River Company, but, for certain reasons, no 
steps have been taken towards the great work. In the meantime, other 
projects have been considered, and the one advocated by the Chamber of 
Commerce was the construction of a series of low dams at advantageous points, 
by which the danger always attendant upon high dams was to be averted, and 
an adequate water flow for our industries secured. The result has been the 
requirement of additional water, and the securing of the water privileges by 
Rochester companies, who stand ready to supply all the electrical power 
needed for industrial purposes, at a lower rate than can be found elsewhere. 




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IX taking a retrospective view of Rochester, it may truthfully be stated 
that it is one of the most beautiful cities on the American continent, 
and has a history that is at once remarkable and romantic, which was 
published in the edition of "Illustrated Rochester," issued in 1899 by 
the Chamber of Commerce. 

It is the purpose of this article to review the progress of our city 
since the last report of the Chamber, and point out the prospects for 
the increase of Rochester's industries and population, the latter being 
now in the neighborhood of 170,000 souls. 

Some extracts from a report made for the Chamber of Commerce by City 
Engineer Fisher, will convey interesting facts at this juncture. He says : 
"The center of Rochester is about seven miles south of Lake Ontario. It lies 
in latitude 43° 08' N., and longitude 77° 42' W. The central portion of the 
city is about 263 feet above mean lake level, and 510 feet above mean tide 
water. The city is nearly bisected east and west by the Genesee River, which 
flows through it from south to north. The river has three falls and several 
rapids within the corporate limits, having an aggregate descent of about 257 
feet, affording power to many manufactories. The Erie Canal passes through 
the city, and was a potent factor in its development. 



RAILROADS, 



The following named railroads enter the city : The main 
__ _ j.^^ ^^ ^^^^ New York Central and Hudson River ; West 

Shore ; Erie ; Lehigh \'alley ; Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh ; Rome, 
Watertowm & Ogdensburg ; Pennsylvania ; Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo ; 
Dansville & Mt. Morris; while the Northern Central enters over the tracks of 
the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad; and the Delaware, Lacka- 
wanna & Western over the Pennsylvania Railroad. 

The harbor, or Port of Rochester, is Charlotte, on Lake Ontario, at the 
mouth of the Genesee River, seven miles from the center of the city. 

The habitable area of the city is 10,328 acres, or 16.14 square miles ; the 
area of parks, rivers, etc., 1,307 acres, or 2.04 square miles. The total area is 
11,635 acres, or 18.18 square miles. 

The assessed valuation for 1901 is, real estate, $103,041,475 ; personal 
property, $7,378,630; franchises. $5,149,685. The tax levy is $1,793,000, 
and the tax decimal, $15.65. 



ROCHESTER 

THE POWER CITY 



The total length of the streets is about 325 miles, of which 125.70 are 
improved. 

The combined sewerage system discharges into the Genesee River below 
the Lower Falls. The total length of public sewers is 225 miles. Included in 
this length are two large trunk or intercepting sewers, of a total length, 
including branches and overflow sewers, of about 14 miles, varying in size from 
3 feet to 10 feet in diameter. 

WATER SUPPLY. '^^^^ water works are owned and operated by the city. 

Two systems are in use, viz : first, a gravity system of 

potable water ; second, a direct pumping system, taking water from the 
Genesee River. The source of the gravity system is Hemlock Lake, situated 
in a hilly district thirty miles south, and about 386 feet above the general level 
of Rochester. The quality of water is not excelled, and sanitary measures are 
in force to maintain the purity of the supply. There are two reservoirs con- 
nected with the system, a storage reservoir at Rush, about nine miles from 
the center of the cit}^ and 224 feet above the general elevation thereof, having 
a capacity of 63,500,000 U. S. gallons, and a distributing reservoir called Mt. 
Hope, situated about two miles south, and about no feet above the general 
elevation of the city, having a capacity of 22,500,000 gallons. The potable 
water is brought to the city in two gravity conduits ; one built of wrought 
and cast iron in 1875, and 28.23 miles in length, having a capacity of about 
6,500,000 gallons ; and the .second, completed in 1894, a 6-foot horse shoe 
shaped tunnel, built of 5-inch brick for 2.25 miles, and the remaining 26.19 
miles of 38-inch riveted steel pipe, the total length being 28^.44 miles, having 
a capacity of 16,500,000 gallons, making a total capacity of both conduits 
of 23,000,000 gallons. The average consumption from Hemlock Lake 
for 1900 was about 12,400,000 gallons, and from the river about 1,400,000 
gallons, making a total consumption of about 13,800,000 gallons, an average 
of 85.1 gals, per capita per day. The direct pumping system is operated for 
suppressing fires, operating lift bridges, elevators, etc., in the central and 
manufacturing districts of the cit}'. The maximum capacity of the works is 
7,000,000 gallons per day. The total length of mains and conduits of the 
system is 345.41 miles. 

STREET LIGHTS. '^^^ ^^^y ^^ lighted by 2,322 2,000-candle-power arc 
"^= - lights, 464 1,200-candle-pow^er arc lights in pairs, 144 

gas lights. The works are owned by a private company, and the rates are as 
follows : For 2,000-candle-power arc lights, all night service, 25 cents per light, 
per night; for 1,200-candle-power arc lights, all night service, 20 cents per 
light, per night; and gas lights 8 cents per light, per night. The cost of light- 
ing for the year 1900 w-as about $247,000. Rochester is conceded to be the 
best lighted city in the United States. 




MIDDLE FALLS, 18 Feet High 
LOWER FALLS, 96 Feet High 



DRIVING PARK AVENUE BRIDGE, 
212 Feet Above Genesee River. 



R O C H K S T E R 

THE POWER CITY 



DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. Commissioner of Public Safety 
James D. Case\^ gives the fol- 
lowing report of oflScials and employees in his department: 

General Office — One commissioner, one chief clerk, one bookkeeper, 
one stenographer, one department surgeon. 

Health Bureau — One health officer, one clerk, one biologist, one 
chemist, one registrar, one stenographer, one plumbing inspector, one 
assistant plumbing inspector, one meat and milk inspector, one meat 
inspector, one keeper of Hope Hospital, one diphtheria inspector, one mer- 
cantile inspector, one disinfectant, one assistant disinfectant, five sanitary 
inspectors, seven district health physicians. 

Police Bureau — One chief, one director of detective bureau, five cap- 
tains, four lieutenants, nine detective sergeants, one interpreter, one investi- 
gator, four sergeants police patrol, lo sergeants, 149 patrolmen, four doormen, 
four drivers, total 193. 

Additional Employees — One superintendent of police telegraph, four 
operators, one matron, one stenographer, total seven. Total in police depar- 
ment, 200. 

Fire Bureau — Uniformed members: one chief, four batallion chiefs, 20 
captains, 20 lieutenants, one superintendent veterinary hospital, one superin- 
tendent of hose, one assistant superintendent of hose, nine engineers, 144 
drivers, firemen, etc. Total, 201. 

Additional Employees — One clerk, one superintendent fire alarm tele- 
graph, three linemen, one veterinary surgeon, three laborers veterinary 
hospital. Total employees in fire department, 210. 

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT. ^^'"^ educational advantages of 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Rochester are unexcelled by any 
city in the United States. There are 38 public schools, 18 parochial schools, 
one college, one university, two theological seminaries, one mechanics' insti- 
tute. There are several private schools, and, under Catholic supervision, 
besides the parochial schools, there are two academies for girls, one academy 
for boys, and three Catholic orphan asylums. St. Bernard's Theological 
Seminary is one of the finest of the kind in this country, and has 106 students, 
besides which are St. Andrew's Preparatory Seminar}-, connected with the 
Cathedral, which has an attendance of 62 students. Among the educational 
institutions above mentioned are many beautiful and up-to-date structures that 
are considered models. 

rHlTRCHPS Rochester contains 116 churches, many of which are mag- 

^TTTT^-^ 11— nificent modern structures, replete with ever\^ convenience 

for comfort and health. Every denomination is well represented, the influ- 
ence of which has a strong bearing upon the moral and intellectual progress of 
the city. 




THE OTIS ARCH. 
ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ROCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 

Major-General Elwell S. Otis Honored by his Home City on his Return from the Philippines 

Otis Day June 15 1900. 



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THK POWER CITY 



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THEATRES AND HALLS. ^" ^^^ '"''"^^ °^ theatres, Rochester is 

-^ — — abreast with every city of its size in the 

country. The Lyceum Theatre, after the Moorish style of architecture, is 
popular for high class entertainments. Baker Theatre, also of the first class, 
has a beautiful and commodious interior. The Cook Opera House is famous 
for its refined vaudeville, and has a large seating capacity, while the Empire 
Theatre caters to the lovers of burlesque and the lighter drama. There are a 
number of halls for public entertainment, chief among which are the Y. M. 
C* A. Music Hall, Fitzhugh Hall, Damascus Temple, and smaller halls. 

HOTELS. There are thirty-five hotels in Rochester, ranging in price from 
^^ $1.00 to $4.50 per day, some of which are fire-proof. Among 
the most notable are The Powers Hotel, The Whitcomb House, The Livingston 
Hotel, and The Osburn House. 

SUMMER RESORTS. '^^^ proximity of Rochester to Lake Ontario has 
-•= " - given rise to many charming summer resorts, the 

favorite ones being Ontario Beach, Windsor Beach, Summer\'ille, Glen Haven, 
and Sea Breeze. The recent extension of the electric railway system has 
brought Rochester in close touch with more distant points, including Sodus 
Bay, famous for its picturesque scenery and convenient yachting waters. It 
is 39 miles from the city, the route being through a most lovely and charm- 
ing countr3^ The shipping facilities at Charlotte, Rochester's port of entry, 
offer the best accommodation for all who wish to visit Canada and the Thous- 
and Islands. 

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Rochester boasts of one of the 

- handsomest and best equipped 
Chambers of Commerce in the State. It is situated on the top (eleventh) floor 
of the Chamber of Commerce Building. Its assembly hall is noted for its hard 
wood carving and its ornate columns, an admixture of the Corinthian and 
Doric style, and its elaborate ceiling, interspersed with many scores of electric 
lights. The library and reading room is spacious, affording every convenience 
for the members and visitors from other cities. All are welcome, and receive 
courteous attention from those in charge. From the windows of the Chamber 
the most extensive views, extending over a large portion of Monroe County, 
may be had, including a fine view of Lake Ontario. A powerful telescope for 
the use of visitors to the Chamber brings distant points the more distinctly 
into view. The Chamber of Commerce is the index of the heart of Rochester's 
citizenship. It stands for all that makes for good fellowship, for progress and 
the betterment of civic life. 

Rochester is one of the healthiest cities in the world, owing to its pure 
water, sew^erage system, and its location on limestone foundations. The 
death rate is exceptionally low, averaging the past eight years but 13.99 to 
each 1,000 of population. 



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THE INDUSTRIES. O^'^r fifty thousand people are employed daily in the 

factories and workshops of Rochester. 
The capital invested in the factories and wholesale trade is considerably 
over $52,000,000, and the annual value of manufactured products exceeds 
$310,000,000. No city in the world has a greater diversity of industries than 
Rochester. 



It is the first city in the world 
ill the manufacture of photo- 
graphic apparatus and optical in- 
struments. It has the largest pre- 
serving establishment in the 
world : largest button factory ; 
largest lubricating oil plant; 
largest cider and vinegar estab- 
lishment : largest manufactory of 
folding box machinery. It has 
forty-nine nurseries for the output 
of seeds and nursery- stock. It is 
the third city in the United States 
in the manufacture of clothing. 
It is the fourth city in the manu- 
facture of hoots and shoes. Roch- 
ester beer is famous throughout 
the country, and several brewer- 
ies give employment to 40 officers 
and 660 men. For the year end- 
ing 1900 there was about 500,000 
barrels of beer and 70,000 barrels 
of ale brewed in this citj-. Six- 
teen flouring mills produce annu- 
ally in the city about i. 500.000 
barrels of flour. Among the pro- 
ducts of Rochester are the follow- 
ing : ale. artificial limbs, automo- 



biles, awnings, baking powders, 
ballot machines, bar fixtures, ba- 
rometers, beer, belts, bicycles, 
billiard tables, blacking, blank 
books, boilers, bottles, boxes, 
bridges, burial caskets, buttons, 
cameras, candy, canned goods, 
carriages, car wheels, catsup, 
chairs, charcoal, cider, cigarettes, 
cigars, clothing, coke, condensed 
milk, copper work, corsets, cotton 
cloth, crackers and biscuits, desks, 
dies, disinfectants, electrical sup- 
plies, elevators, files, fireworks, 
fishing tackle, flour, fruit crates, 
fruit plates, furnaces, furniture, 
glass, gold leaf, hardware special- 
ties, harness, hassocks, hats, head- 
lights, hearses, hosien,-, hydraulic 
elevators, ice, illuminating oils, 
iron beams, iron columns, iron 
fences, knit goods, ladders, lan- 
terns, lasts, leather, lime and ce- 
ment, locks, lubricating oils, lum- 
ber, macaroni, machine brushes, 
machine castings, machinists' 
tools, mail chutes, medicines, metal 
specialties, microscopes, monu- 



nients,musical instruments, nails, 
natural hi^ory specimens, novel- 
ties,office filing devices, office fur- 
niture, optical goods, paper, paper 
bags, paper boxes, paper box 
machines, paste, pens,perfumerj', 
photographic supplies, pianos and 
organs, picture frame mouldings, 
pins, planing machines, pressed 
brick, pumps, radiators, refriger- 
ators, saddlen,-, safes, sa.sh bal- 
ances, .sashes, sausage, saws. Sen 
Sen, sewer pipe, shirts, shoes, 
show ca s e s , sidewalks, soap, 
stained and art glass, steam boil- 
ers, steam engines, steel ceilings, 
steel stamps, stoves, surgical in- 
struments, tanks, thermometers, 
thread and twine, tile, tinware, 
tools, trunks and traveling bags, 
trusses and supporters, umbrellas, 
underwear, vinegar, wagons, 
■washing machines, water pipe, 
water wheels, v^hips, window 
shades, wire fences, wire goods, 
wire screens, wooden goods, wood- 
working machinerjf, woolen 
goods, wringing machines, etc. 



There is perhaps no other city in the world with such a vast and diversi- 
fied group of industries as Rochester. The question may be asked, "How is 
it that .so many industries have clustered around this point?" The answer is 
simple. It is on account of the extraordinary water power present and possible 
here. When it is con.sidered that only an infinitesimally small percentage of 
that great power has resulted in attracting all the industries quoted, how will 
it be when the full power is brought into play by adequate water storage, and 
a .ship canal built around Niagara Falls, making the Port of Charlotte, on I^ake 
Ontario, an cnirepot for traffic now enjoyed by the upper lakes ? And what 
is needed to accomplish this ? Extraordinary mental effort or financial risk ? 
Not at all. Just the exercise of plain common sense and the investment of 
money now lying idle, that will bring forth abundant profit pointed out with 
mammoth finger by old Dame Nature. 



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ROCHESTERS 

CLIMATE THE 
FINEST IN THE WORLD 




IT has become a matter of national comment that Rochester is the 
healthiest city of its size in the United States, and has the lowest 
mortuary record. 

This is largely due to climatic conditions. Professor A. M. Fair- 
child, of the Rochester University, in a recent lecture on the subject, 
said : "The exemption of Rochester from sudden changes in tempera- 
ture is due to the presence of Lake Ontario. The lake lies directly in 
the path of all cold cyclonic waves. They cannot cross it without 
being warmed by the water. It is calculated that the mass of the water in 
Lake Ontario is 650 cubic miles, and Orin Parker, United States Weather 
Observer, says that the cooling of a mass of water through only five degrees of 
temperature would liberate as much heat as would be generated by the burning 
of 2,500,000,000 tons of coal, — more than five times the quantity mined in the 
world each year. The effect of these cold waves may be felt on the high 
land south of Rochester, but it does not come here. Most of the cold weather 
which comes to Rochester is caused by storms which go to the eastward and 
then linger and finally retrace their course. There is probably no other city 
in the world so well protected." 

\"^ It is a fact, well borne out by history, that whenever great and devastating 
storms have occurred in this country, by the time they were due in Rochester 
their force was broken up, due undoubtedly to the peculiar protective effect of 
the lake system. While Rochester has its quantum of disagreeable periods and 
degrees of cold that nip the ears and fingers, they are of a health-giving nature, 
and such^as conduce to the well being of a hardy, hustling people. They are 
also of sufficient severity to destroy disease germs, and give character to our 
climate. The disagreeable periods, however, are offset by long seasons of 
temperate and invigorating conditions, when the days are delightfully warm, 
and the nights refreshingly cool. The few days of unusual heat are sufficient 
to provide the inhabitants with a taste of tropical heat, and afford material for 
an interchange of hot weather wit and humor, while the autumn remains beau- 
tiful and health-giving until late in November. During the month of Febru- 
ary of last year, when the country at large experienced intense cold, the 
following comments were published in an editorial by the Democrat and 
Chronicle new.spaper : "The climate of Rochester is interesting and peculiar. 



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During the cold spell just closing, the temperature has barely touched zero. 
On nearly every morning the temperature has been a few degrees above zero. 
Altitude has little to do with the mildness of our climate, as the two cities of 
Albany and Troy, at the head of navigation on the Hudson, where the tide 
rises about a foot, experienced arctic temperature during the latter part of the 
week. On Friday morning the temperature was six degrees below zero in 
Troy. In the hill part of that city the temperature was ten degrees below 
zero. At Coxsackie, on the Hudson, below Albany, the temperature was 
twenty degrees below zero Friday morning. Rochester is much higher than 
Coxsackie and further north. It is generally supposed that Rochester's mild 
climate is chiefly owing to proximity to Lake Ontario. But there must be 
other favorable conditions, as nearness to the lake does not greatly ameliorate 
temperature in other places along the shore. ' ' 

Taken altogether, Rochester may be said to have an ideal climate. Its 
snow flurries hinder no one's business or pleasure, and help to pile up the total 
of rainy and cloudy days. As Professor Fairchild remarked in his lecture, 
"On the whole, cloudy daj'S are better than too many sunny ones. Clouds 
temper the heat and act as a blanket in winter to keep the cold out. The main 
objection to them are sentimental." Add to these fine climatic conditions the 
fact that fruits of all kinds are annually produced in lavish profusion, and that 
Rochester lying on a foundation of limestone, and having the finest supply of 
drinking water in the country, the investigator will not be surprised that 
Rochester is such a healthful citv. 





J. MILLS PLATT, I 

LEON STERN, / «SOC,ATE ARCHITECTS. 



THE NEW MASONIC TEMPLE. 




TURNING THE FIRST SOD, MASONIC TEMPLE SITE. 



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THE new Masonic Temple to be erected on the site of the old Watson 
House, corner of Clinton Avenue, North, and Mortimer Street, the 
corner stone of which was laid November first, with impressive cere- 
monies, will be one of the most beautiful buildings in Rochester, five 
stories in height, with a mezzanine story between the fourth and fifth. 
The materials to be used in the structure are white stone or marble for 
the first and second stories, the remainder consisting of pressed brick 
with terra cotta detail. There will be two lodge rooms on the second 
floor, one for the use of outside lodges, and the other for the women's order 
known as the Eastern Star. The third floor will be devoted to club purposes, 
billiard, dining and card rooms, parlors, etc. The fourth floor will consist of 
two large rooms for Masonic bodies, one 40 x 58 feet, the other 50 x 76 feet, 
beautifully finished and decorated. The mezzanine floor will contain the 
Commandery Armory and a room 22 x 32 feet, for middle chamber work. On 
the fifth floor will be a room 60 x 60 feet, the asylum for Knights Templar, 
where will also meet the Scottish Rite and Shriners. This spacious hall will 
have a gallery for spectators, who may witness the drilling of the Sir Knights 
without encroaching on the floor space. It is contemplated eventually to have 
an assembly hall on the first floor, and a commodious banquet hall in the base- 
ment. The cost of this superb building is estimated at :^i 50,000. 

The first sod for the foundation of this superb structure was turned on 
the 27th day of August, 1901. 




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ROCHESTERS , 

GREAT URBAN AND J 

SUBURBAN TROLLLY SYSTEM ^ 




IN addition to the ten steam railways entering Rochester giving the 
cheapest and best passenger and freight service, the trolley system is 
rapidly coming to the fore and will materially add to the con- 
venience and prosperity of the inhabitants, not only of Rochester and 
vicinity, but of all the towns and villages and thickly settled country 
traversed. 

The trolley system of Rochester is a very extensive one, with 
branch lines extending to distant points, and plans are now underway 
by which it will extend as far as Syracuse on the east and Buffalo and Niagara 
Falls on the west, while there are trolley lines in prospect to Geneva via Can- 
andaigua, Hornellsville via Mt. Morris and Dansville, and a belt line to the 
east of the city. 

The nucleus of this great sy.stem comprises the tracks in and around the 
city, the main line being about 47 miles, the second track 38 miles, sidings 2^ 
miles, making a total of trolley line about 87 miles in length. Add to this 
19.14 miles of the leased Rochester electric road and Rochester and Ironde- 
quoit, the total number of miles of railroad track and trolley is more than 106. 
In the evolution from the old time horse car with its bob tail and fare collect- 
ing device, to the present elegant sy.stem of electrical motor, heating and light- 
ing, there has been a series of gradual improvements from time to time, and it 
will require yet more time before the Rochester Railway Companj-'s ideals can 
be full}' realized. At the present time the coaches on the longer distance lines 
are magnificent examples of modern ^workmanship, and an augur of what will 
be the future elegance and comfort of the entire trolley system in this city and 
vicinity. The lines that are now in operation from the city to the suburbs 
comprise the following : The Brighton line, running to the village of Brighton, 
3)^ miles. The Bay railroad, running to Sea Breeze, 5 miles. The Charlotte 
and Ontario Beach line, which runs through Charlotte village to the popular 
summer resort, 7 miles. The Charlotte and Manitou railroad, which runs 
from Charlotte to Manitou, along the lake shore, 8 miles. The Rochester and 
Sodus Bay railroad, which runs through a magnificent country to the famous 
watering place and rendezvous for yachtmen, 39 miles. The Glen Haven rail- 
road which runs to that beautiful spot on Irondequoit Bay, 5^2 miles. The 
Wind.sor Beach railroad, running to that famous pleasure resort, 7 miles. 




NEW FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 
Corner Fitzhugh and Church Streets. 



K O C H E S T E K 25 

THE POWER CITY 

The Trolley Railroad now projected between Rochester and Syracuse, 78 
miles, will tap an agricultural region that at present is more or less distant 
from railroad facilities, affording opportunities for many farmers to send their 
produce to market at small cost and trouble, and also to provide comfortable 
and cheap transportation for country people to visit our city to do their trad- 
ing. The line will diverge considerably from the route of the New York Cen- 
tral Railroad, crossing it, however, at three points. While upon the map the 
trolley line may seem to run close to the New York Central tracks, wide 
stretches of farm lands intervene so that through the townships of Fairport, 
North Henrietta, Egypt, Macedon, Palmyra, Newark, Lyons, Clyde, Savan- 
nah, and others, a vast number of points will be touched by the trollej^ line 
where farmers are isolated from railway convenience, and have had to draw 
their produce to market in wagons, and where the inhabitants have either to 
drive a considerable distance to the nearest railroad station when desiring to 
pay a visit to Rochester, or drive the entire distance. The frequent daily 
passage directly through the above named villages, of comfortable trolley- 
passenger and freight cars will cause an entire revolution in the daily life of 
thousands of people, placing them in close and immediate touch with Roch- 
ester. The same may be said of the trolley route from this city to Buffalo and 
Niagara Falls, 123 miles, the longest direct line under one management in the 
United States. This line will diverge very considerably from the lines of the 
New York Central and Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburgh Railroad, indeed 
it will go just about midway between the two, passing through the villages of 
Moran, Greece, West Greece, Parma, Catfield, Garland, Clarkson, Redmond 
Corners, Murray, Fairhaven, Gaines, Oak Orchard, Ridgeway, Jeddo, John- 
son's Creek, and Hartland, to the Checkered Tavern road, and from thence 
running south, crossing the New York Central tracks near Lockport, and con- 
tinuing from thence through the city of Tonawanda to Buffalo, branching off 
on the Ward road, passing on the north at Bergholtz and line of LaSalle to 
Niagara Falls. Another trolley line is being projected between Rochester and 
Hornellsville, via Geneseo, Mt. Morris and Dansville, 75 miles, which cuts 
across regions entirely isolated from railroad service. It will pass through the 
villages of East Henrietta, East Rush, Honeoye Falls, Lima, South Lima, 
Lakeville, Eagle Point on Conesus Lake, Geneseo, Mt. Morris, Craig Colony, 
Dansville, North Dansville. Rogersville, Beechville, Stevens Mills and Fre- 
mont to Hornellsville. vSkirting Conesus Lake between Lakeville and Eagle 
Point. 

Another projected trolley road is the Monroe County Belt line, 20 miles, 
which will run through Fairport, Pittsford, Penfield and Despatch. It will 
pass through Brighton twice and through the towns of Penfield, Perinton and 
Pittsford, giving service to an aggregate population of some 14,000 people. 
The proposed line is in the shape of a loop, or horse shoe, with one terminal at 
Monroe Avenue and the City line, and the other at Main Street, East, and the 
City line. The village of Fairport is the center of the loop. Still another 



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trolley line will run from Rochester to Geneva, 45 miles, by way of Pittsford, 
Bushnell's Basin, Victor, Mertensia, Canandaigua, Hopewell Center, Seneca 
to Geneva. 

Apart from the enormous commercial advantages which will accrue to 
Rochester by the construction of these long distance trolley lines, the social and 
economic influences and conditions they will establish are beyond compute. It 
will increase the happiness, comfort and contentment of countless thousands 
of people living in rural districts who have in the past suffered by their isola- 
tion from the activities of the outside world and been deprived of half the 
pleasures of life for want of adequate conveniences of transportation to and 
from the great center points of industry and advanced civilization. No matter 
from what point of view the construction of these trolley lines may be taken 
nothing but advantage may be seen. They will give an impetus to commerce 
by bringing Rochester in close touch with the country people, our retailers will 
reap much benefit, our hotels, theatres, institutions, societies, churches, and 
schools will all be helped, and it will encourage agriculture and stock raising 
to a great extent, from the fact that produce can be conveniently and cheaply 
transported to the various markets en route. 

Besides all these advantages, electrical power can be bought from the 
railway company, to run cheese factories, cider mills, to do threshing with, to 
light dwellings, and many other uses which will be availed of by our rural 
population. 

The trolley system of the city of Rochester bids fair to be one of the most 
extensive and convenient in the world. It is at the present writing (190 1) 
undergoing a complete renovation. All the rails are being electrically welded 
so as to give a continuous smooth rolling surface for the cars. New steel rails 
are being laid over important routes, and the most elegant modern cars are 
being constructed for the comfort of the inhabitants. A contract entered into 
October ist, with the Rochester Gas & Electric Co., for electric power for the 
entire system, for a term of five years, assures permanent and effective service; 
said power being entirely generated by the Genesee river. 




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• I ROCHESTERS- ;^i^ 

PUBLIC PARKS. Mll'i 



THE Park System of Rochester, with a combined area of 636 acres, 
is classed among the most picturesque and unique in the country. 
This is particularly true of that part of the system comprised in East 
and West Seneca Park, in the center of which runs the Genesee 
River, with its towering cliffs forming the great gorge from the Lower 
Falls to Eake Ontario. The whole locality is surprisingly beautiful, 
the order of nature having been maintained in the operations, and 
ornate cultivation supervised by the landscape architect. The elec- 
tric cars now run into the heart of this park, and thousands of people during 
the season visit this romantic region, and feast their eyes upon the superb pros- 
pects presented, and listen to the weekly public band concerts. The Genesee 
\'alley Park, while differing in scenic character, is equally imposing, comprising 
hills and dales, great stretches of green sward, winding pathways through shady 
trees and flowery herbage. Near the entrance are groups of giant forest trees, 
giving grateful shade to a large area, the favorite spot for picnic parties, and 
the location for the multitude which gathers during the summer months to hear 
the Saturday and Sunday public band concerts, given under the auspices of 
the Chamber of Commerce. The Genesee River winds its way through the 
park, on the bosom of which glide innumerable skiffs and small sailing craft. 
A portion of the park is devoted to athletic games of all kinds, and there are 
refectories, club houses and seats for tired wayfarers. 

Highland Park, the gift of Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, is an arboretum of 
low-growing trees and shrubs. On the south side of the park can be seen some 
1200 species and varieties of the 1800 possible in this latitude. There is a 
grand view to be had from the pavilion at the highest point in the park. 
Looking north, the city stretches out at the feet of the beholder, and the blue 
line of Lake Ontario is discernible nine miles away. Band concerts during 
the season are occasionally given here under the auspices of the Chamber of 
Commerce. 

The Park Commissioners, under the chairmanship of the venerable Dr. 
E. M. Moore, have not only brought these parks to a high state of attractive 
beauty, but have also brought to a condition of exquisite culture a number of 
small parks and squares within the boundaries of the city. 



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MUSIC 

IN THE 
PARKS 




NOTHING that the Chamber of Commerce has ever done in the way of 
catering to the comfort and enjoyment of the masses, has been so 
universally approved as the provision it made for holding concerts 
in the parks each Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 

The Chamber, recognizing the moral and aesthetic effect that 
music always has upon assembled multitudes, and bearing in mind 
the beauty and extent of our park system, determined upon appeal- 
ing to our wealthy citizens for subscriptions to defray the expense 
of band music at the public resorts. The appeal was generously responded to, 
and the first concert given at Genesee Valley Park on Sunda}' afternoon, June 
30th, 1901, by the 54th Regiment Band. These concerts were continued 
alternately by the 54th Regiment Band, Hebing's Artillery Band, and Dossen- 
bach's Band, each Saturday and Sunday during the summer mouths. 

The programmes executed by these bands were of a high order of music, 
including classical, popular and sacred selections, care being taken to appeal 
to the higher sentiments and feelings rather than the frivolous. From the 
start, the Chamber has had reasons for gratification at having inaugurated this 
system of musical entertainment. The multitudes which have gathered at the 
parks on these occasions have included many people of culture and refinement, 
who appreciate what is highest and noblest in life. It is needless to say that 
there has been an entire absence of disorder and all influences which endanger 
the public morals. On the contrary, it has been noticeable the crowds have 
seemed to be imbued with the spirit of innocent enjoyment that it was the aim 
of the Chamber to encourage. 

In inaugurating the Sunday concerts, care was taken to give them at a 
time that would not interfere with opportunities for attending church ser\'ices 
in the city. In summing up the benefits that have accrued from giving these 
concerts in our parks, it may be said that it diverted many to the open air and 
sunshine amid nature's most health-inspiring influences, who might have 
otherwise sought less elevating recreation. It has been the means of bringing 
together each week thousands of j^oung people, to whom social intercourse and 
interchange of thought and courtesies are helpful and encouraging. It has 
also made the people more familiar with the beauty and advantages of our 
park system. Not less important is the fact, as declared by a keen observer 
of sociology, that these gatherings have elevated the moral tone, and tended 
toward a useful and intellectual observance of the Sabbath. 

The Chamber of Commerce hopes that the success of what was more or 
less in the nature of an experiment will induce the civic authorities in future 
years to maintain at the public expense. 




CONSOLIDATED BANDS MARCHING DOWN MAIN STREET, '.PLAYING " ONWARD^CHRISTI AN SOLDIERS 
STATE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PARADE, SEPT. 4, 1900 



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ROCHESTERS 

MAIN STREET 



['•Thoughts on Things," in Post Express, Sept. lo, 1900, referring to State Knights Templar parade.] 



WHAT, in fact, is Main Street's significance? What does it mean 
to the Rochester resident ? What thoughts passed through his 
mind as he looked up and down the long, clear space before the 
procession came? Did it represent to him only a highway, a street 
he must take to his work, back again to his home, to his amuse- 
ments, or his shopping ? Had he no vision of other pageants that 
have swept down that street which has heard the blare of every 
band and the tramp of all the feet that ever have marched in Roch- 
ester ? Did not his eyes, rising to the gayly dressed facades, .see in their place 
golden store fronts, glowing windows, and below them a gleaming pavement, 
burnished by November's setting sun ; and then did not the vision melt away 
into a picture of the same great street swept by winter storms, the clinging snow 
putting pure new sculpture on the gray facades, half veiling in white mist the 
double street-lights, and hiding the tops of buildings in swirling clouds of 
snow ? Did his eyes pick out no special points in the long street, to dwell 
upon with tender affection or merrj- twinkle ? What of the Four Corners, 
then strangeh' still ; of Powers block's front ; of the line of trolley cars start- 
ing at a whistle's signal in the evening, like a lot of children trooping away to 
bed ; what of the Front Street corner, with its mingled record of good and ill, 
the good crowding away the evil twice each year when the market wagons of 
Christmas and Thanksgiving Eves choke the rollicking way ; what of the old 
liberty pole, only a memory now on the summit of the hill — that hill where an 
extra horse used to help the bob-cars up with a gay jingle of bells, a steaming 
of flanks, and a kicking of legs — that sunnuit whose glory is still of the dawn, 
in the rush and clatter of market business; and of Christmas-tide, with its city 
forest of evergreens. Oh, you strangers who looked up Main Street and mar- 
veled at the measure of splendor which it has, you did not see the half that 
was visible to the loving, reminiscent eyes of Rochester ! 

It is proof of the extraordinary character of the spectacle, when the 
Knights Templar parade turned down Main street on the return, that it is still 
a subject of talk. Nothing more impo.sing and thrilling has ever been seen in 
Rochester. As the newly formed procession marched down the broad street, 
thirty men abreast, it was like a mediaeval pageant — the drum-majors leading, 
with grotesque evolutions ; then the massed bands, iu motley uniforms : the 




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broad column of horsemen ; the massed banners, and finally the closed ranks 
of plumed knights. There was a picturesqueness in the scene that was not to 
be expected by those who had seen the first parade, and had noted the some- 
what sombre coloring of black and white as compared to the gayer raiment of 
soldiers. But in the mass these colors proved effective. The best of the 
pageant was not the spectacle, however — brilliant as that was. It was the 
music. One had to hear it to realize the effect. There was just one thing 
lacking. If only the marchers had sung ! The writer stood in the crowd at 
the Four Corners, pressing against the rope. A woman in the throng behind 
him sang. She was carried away by her feelings, and, having a good voice, 
the effect was fine. If the men in the ranks had been singing the words of the 
hymn, it is likely that the vast crowds on the sidewalks, almost beside them- 
selves anyway, would have sung too. What an inspiring effect there would 
then have been ! But even as it was, how the words burned into your heart ! 
Down the hill the great body of men swept — "Onward, Christian Soldiers, 
marching as to war !" They drew nearer, and the tune changed to "How Firm 
a Foundation." As the bands swept abreast of the writer, the crowd awed 
into perfect stillness, the air thtobbed and shook with the lines, "What more 
can He say than to you He hath said?" How those lines sank into the very 
souls of the people. The column marched by, and now the lines came back, 
"That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no 
never forsake !" Is it any wonder that many throats were choked, that tears 
were in many eyes ? One thing at least is clear. We have not got all we 
might out of the old processions. They have been tame affairs beside this 
pageant. Picture men who have been real soldiers, in real wars, marching 
thus behind massed banners, battle torn, and massed bands playing "America," 
or "The Battle Hymn of the Republic !" We should then find out how deep 
and beautiful a thing patriotism can be. 





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ROCHESTER MECHANICS INSTITUTE. 
Corner Spring Street and Plymouth Avenue. 




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R0CHESTER5 



Li»;Mji^iLnmiiii 




THE first Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Association was incorpo- 
rated in 1830. It grew out of the Franklin Institute, which was 
organized in 1826. Through the philanthropy and indomitable energy 
of Captain Henry Lomb, supplemented by the practical assistance of 
Professor Eugene C. Colby, during the eighties, classes were formed in 
free-hand, mechanical and architectural drawing. To enumerate all 
of those who aided the founder and in a substantial way furthered the 
work would require pages of space, but pre-eminent among them may 
be mentioned Hiram Sibley, James W. Gillis, William S. Kimball, William H. 
Walker, Don Alonzo Watson, Ezra R. Andrews, A. M. Lindsay, Henry 
Michael, L. P. Ross, and George Eastman. In 1885, a circular was issued 
asking public support for conducting a Mechanics Institute, which was signed 
by the leading manufacturers of the city. This was followed by a petition put 
forth by the University of Rochester, signed by President Anderson and others. 
As a result of these documents several meetings were held in the Common 
Council Chamber, the last being on the 21st of October of the year mentioned, 
at which a constitution was adopted. The organization of the institute was 
completed by the election of Henry Lomb as President ; Henry M. Ellsworth, 
Vice-President ; William Peck, Corresponding Secretary ; Max Lowenthal, 
Recording Secretary ; John M. Stedman, Treasurer. In addition to the above 
the following were chosen as trustees, John G. Allen, S. B. Armstong, 
E. R. Andrews, F. H. Clement, J. T. Cunningham, C. E. Fitch, J. W. Gillis, 
J. S. Graham, H. S. Greenleaf, C. A. Hayden, D. T. Hunt, S. A. Lattimore, 
S. H. Lowe. E. H. Makk, James Malley, Henry Michaels. E. M. Moore. Sr., 
August Pappert, Herman Pfaeffiin, William Purcell, Frank Ritter. L. P. Ross> 
J. A. Schneider, William See, John vSiddons, and Leo Stein; together with 
M. B. Anderson, President University of Rochester; Thomas J. McMillan, 
President Board of Education ; and S. A. Ellis, Superintendent of Public 
Schools. 

After the consolidation of the Institute with the Rochester Athenaeum, 
Ezra R. Andrews was elected president, and retained that ofiice until June ist, 
1899, when he was succeeded by Lewis P. Ross. 

From 1885 to 1892, were years of deep anxiety and discouragement to the 
management, and the difficulties were only tided over by the incessant labor 
and indomital)le energy of Principal Colby, and the generous liberality of 
Captain Lomb and associates. 



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THE POWER CITY "^ 

In 1892, the Institute became the possessor of considerable real estate, 
having- purchased the. half square (with the exception of the Jenkinson apart- 
ment house) bounded by the Erie Canal, South Washington Street, Spring 
Street and the alley, and a fire-proof building, costing $30,000, was erected, 
which has since been occupied by the department of industrial and fine arts, 
including the classes in manual training. 

Nearly two years before this, however, the domestic science department 
of the Institute which maintained the classes in sewing, dressmaking, cookery 
and other branches of domestic labor, had occupied one of the former resi- 
dences on Washington street, and subsequently all four of what were once 
private residences. The long hoped for addition to the scope of the Institute 
was made possible through the never failing generosity of Captain Lomb, who 
provided the necessary equipment, costing upwards of $7,000. 

The crowning event in the history of the Institute was the gift in 1901, of 
ground and building at a cost of $200,000, by George Eastman, by which 
Rochester can now boast of one of the finest training schools in the world. 
The new building is of red brick with simple stone dressings, two stories high 
over a basement. The main frontage on Plymouth Avenue is 286 feet ; the 
frontage on Spring Street is 132 feet ; on the canal bank, 134 feet ; and in the 
rear, 312 feet. On the ground floor are the offices, the board room, the assem- 
bly room, the library and demonstration room, all of which are large and well 
lighted. This floor also contains a lecture room, several reception rooms, 
laboratories and kitchens. The second floor is devoted entirely to class rooms. 
The basement is almost on a line with the sidewalk. Here are found a lunch 
room, dining-room and kitchen. The architect's plans were made from draw- 
ings by Professor Colby, principal of the fine arts department, who planned 
the arrangement of the entire building, and whose ideas met with the approval 
of Mr. Eastman, as being best adapted to the Institute's needs and to the shape 
and size of the lot. 

The aim of the Mechanics' Arts Cour.se, outside of the educational fea- 
tures, is to prepare the pupil for practical work, that is, to fit him to be of 
practical value to his employer from the start, and enable him to solve all 
problems that may come up in any manufacturing or business establishment. 
The course includes instruction in English, German, mathematics, chemistry, 
freehand drawing, mechanical drawang, manual training in wood, including 
joinery, wood turning, pattern making and moulding, manual training in iron, 
including forging, vise work, lathe and, other machine work and construction. 

The Design Course includes freehand drawing, mechanical drawing, 
designing and clay modeling. The Manual Course includes freehand and 
mechanical drawing, mathematics, joinery, wood turning, pattern making, and 
moulding, forging, bench work in iron, machine work and construction. 

Then there is the Normal Course in Manual Training, for tho.se who 
desire to teach in Grammar vSchools, the same course for men who desire to 




A GROUP OF ROCHESTER RESIDENCES. 
J. H. Stedman, Westminster Road. George Koch, Jr., University Avenue. 



Simeon G. Curtice. North Goodman Street. 
Frederick Loebs, Main Street, East. 



Albrecht Vogt, East Avenue. 



K O C M K S T K R 
TiiK 1"<)\vi:r city 



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teach in High Schools, Art Course, Normal Art Course, designing, composi- 
tion and pen and ink, life class, painting in oil and water- color, history of 
art, architecture, sculpture, china decoration, lettering, physics, electricity, 
chemistry, steam engineering, etc. 

The Department of Domestic Science and Art affords practical instruction 
in all the subjects that pertain to the daily routine of home work, and the 
courses of study include cookery, home science, laundry work, chemistry, 
housekeeper's course, sewing, dressmaking, milliner}', physical culture, draw- 
ing, normal course in domestic science, and also in domestic art, physiolog}-, 
home nursing. 

Contrasting the spacious building with the one room in which the 
Mechanics Institute was started and the present teaching force, and extensive 
lists of courses with the single teacher arranging classes in drawing, the first 
year's attendance of 480 with the present attendance, which is over 2,000, the 
total expenditures of $1,385, during the first year's existence with the budget 
for last year disposing of $43,225, the friends of the Institute have reason to 
rejoice with a feeling of pride. Instead of a teaching staff of only one, there 
are now no less than sixty-two instructors in the various branches taught in 
this admirable school. 

The new building is being equipped with ever}- modern convenience and 
the faculty has been increased by ten additional teachers. The laboratories are 
considered the finest equipped of any in the State. They are supplied with 
small porcelain sinks sunk in the tables, immense pipes for carrying off all 
fumes, and a locker for each pupil. 

In the cookery rooms for the normal classes, the arrangements are unex- 
celled. A model dining-room will be used to give practical illustrations of 
artistic and correct serving for all occasions. 

A new department includes arrangements whereby students of the Univer- 
sity of Rochester may have the advantages of the normal manual training 
course during the college course or as post graduate work. 

Few persons realize the remarkable opportunities offered by the Mechanics 
Institute to young men who intend to enter the professional world as architects 
and engineers. For instance, the finest arrangement at the institute is the 
night classes, organized for persons who are employed during the day. 

Tuition for the term of seven months is given at the low rate of $4.00. 
The course in electricity is given to students at $6.00 per year. All particu- 
lars regarding courses of instruction and terms are published in a catalogue 
just issued, which can be obtained b}- applying to the Secretary of the Institute. 




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BOILL K Rn 



GROUND FLOOR PI.AM 

•EAST HIGH SCHOOL- 
ROC HESTf R N V 
J- FosTE R. Warn ER~ ApcHiTf c t 




THE new East High School will be three stories high, constructed of 
New York hydraulic brick. Red Albion and Indiana limestone will 
be used for the cut work. The interior will be finished in Florida 
gulf cypress. All stairways will be constructed of iron, making the 
building practically fire-proof. Beside a large boiler room, the base- 
ment will contain bicycle rooms, baths, lockers, a thoroughly equipped 



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gjinnasium, and a decided innovation in the sliape of a lunch room. Lunches 
will be served to students at the actual cost of the materials used. 

On the ground floor will be situated the principal's office, a large librar\^ 
class rooms, 28 by 38 feet ; recitation rooms, 21 by 28 feet. Of the former 
there will be on both floors a total of twenty rooms ; of the latter, eight rooms. 
Conversation rooms will also be provided on the second floor. On the third 
floor will be one of the finest and best equipped laboratories in the United 
States. A spacious assembly room, with a stage capable of holding over 1000 
people, will be provided for the pupils, together with a museum and trophy 
rooms. The building when completed will be one of the most modern high 
schools in existence, and a great credit to the city of Rochester. It is expected 
the l)uilding will be ready for occupancy in 1902. 




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CERTIFICATE 
OF 
INCORPORATION- 




WU, the undersigned, citizens of the United States of America, and resi- 
dents of the City of Rochester, in the State of New York, desiring 
to form a corporation pursuant to the provision of an act passed by 
the Legislature of the State of New York, May 3, 1877, entitled 
* ' An act to provide for the incorporation of Exchanges or Boards of 
Trade," and the several acts extending and amending the same, do 
HEREBY CERTIFY : 

Firsf — The corporate name of said Company is "Rochester 
Chamber of Commerce. ' ' 

Second — That the objects for which said Company is formed are to foster 
the trade and commerce of the City of Rochester; to protect such trade and 
commerce from unjust and unlawful exactions : to reform abuses in trade ; to 
diffuse accurate and reliable information among its members as to the stand- 
ing of merchants, and other matters ; to produce uniformity and certainty in 
the customs and usages of trade ; to settle differences between its members, 
and to promote a more enlarged and friendly intercourse between merchants. 
Third — The said Company shall have no capital stock. 
Fourth — That the term of existence of said Company is to be fifty years. 
Fifth — That the number of trustees who shall manage the concerns of 
said Company is thirt3'-five. 

Sixth — That the names of the trustees for the first year are, Hulbert H. 
Warner, William S. Kimball, Frank S. Upton, Henry Michaels, Henry B. 
Hathaway, Lewis P. Ross, Charles J. Burke, Henry C. Brewster, Arthur S. 
Hamilton, David M. Hough, George C. Buell, Alexander M. Lindsay, 
William H. Gorsline, John H. Cha.se, Arthur G. Yates, William C. Barry, 
Lsaac Wile, Eugene T. Curtis. William N. Oothout, John W. Goss, Frederick 
Will, E. Frank Brew.ster, Clinton Rogers, James Vick, Sidney B. Roby, 
Lewis Cha.se, Harvey W. Brown, Granger A. Hollister, Sylvanus J. Macy, 
James W. Gillis, Rufus K. Dryer, Edward W. Peck, Thomas B. Griffith, 
Charles M. Everest and J. Alexander Hay den. 

Seventh — That the name of the city and count\' in which the principal 
office of said corporation is to be located is the City of Rochester, County of 
Monroe, in the State of New York. 



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In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, this 15th day of 
June, 1888. 



\V. C. Barry, 
Arthur S. Hamilton, 
John W. Goss, 
Chas. J. Burke, 
E. Frank Brewster, 
Harvey \V. Brown, 
J. H. Chase, 
A. M. Lindsay, 

The certificate was filed with the Secretary of State and with the Clerk 
of Monroe County on July 2d, 1888. 



H. H. Warner, 
W. S. Kimball, 
Henry C. Brewster, 
Henry Michaels, 
Henry B. Hathaway 
G. C. Buell, 
T. B. Griffith, 
D. M. Hough, 



Sylvanus J. Macv, 
Charles M. Everest, 
Clinton Rogers, 
Eugene T. Curtis, 
Arthur G. Yates, 
W. H. Gorsline, 
Frank S. Upton, 
Jas. W. Gillis. 




THE NEW TOWER OF CHRIST CHURCH, EAST AVENUE, 

As it will appear when finished in 1902. To be built by H. B- Hatliaway, Esq., Executor of 

A. J. Johnson, Esq., who left $30,000 for that purpose. 




FIVE ROCHESTER RESIDENCES. 



F. E. Rogers, Strathallan Park. 
David Hoyt, University Avenue. 



C. H. Ocumpaugh, East Avenue. 

E. J. Burke. Prince Street. 
Charles P. Barry, East Avenue. 



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CHANB[ROr[0m[lt[E 

BY LAWS 




ARTICLE I.— BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

Section i . The management of the concerns of the Corporation being 
vested in fifty-four Trustees, with full power and authority to promote the 
objects for which it is organized, such trustees shall constitute and be known 
as the Board of Trustees. 

Sec 2. The Trustees shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting 
of the corporation, of whom i8 shall serve for one year ; i8 for two years ; 
and 1 8 for three years, or until their successors shall be elected and qualified, 
and their official term shall begin on the first day of January. In case of the 
death, resignation or disability of any Trustee, it shall be in the power of the 
Board to fill such vacancies for the remainder of the official term. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Trustees shall enact such rules as may be deemed 
expedient for the government of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the 
terms of the Statutes and existing by-laws. 

They shall hold regular meetings each month, except the months of Jul}^ 
August and September, on Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, preceding the 
regular monthly meeting of the Corporation, which takes place on the first 
Monday evening of the month, for the transaction of any business brought 
before them. They shall, at their first regular meeting, appoint the Standing 
Committees for the ensuing 3-ear. 

They shall, at the annual meeting, make to the Corporation a full report 
of its affairs and condition. 

In case any member shall absent himself from three consecutive meetings 
of the Board, without proper cause, his place may be considered vacant, and 
the Board .shall be at liberty to fill such vacancy in the manner provided. 

ARTICLE II.— OFFICERS. 

Section i. The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, 
three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, all of w^hom shall be 
residents of the City • of Rochester, over the age of twenty-one years, and, 
excepting the Secretary , elected from the Board of Trustees. 



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Sec. 2. The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected by ballot at 
the annual meeting of the Corporation, and shall hold their offices for the term 
of one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. 

Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall be elected by the Board of Trustees at their 
first regular meeting each year, and shall hold his office for one year, or until 
his successor is elected and qualified. 

Sec. 4. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Executive Committee, 
and receive such compensation as they shall agree upon, and shall serve during 
the pleasure of the Committee. 

Sec. 5. The official terms of all officers shall begin on the first day of 
January. In case of the death, resignation or disability of any officer of the 
Corporation, it shall be in the power of the Board of Trustees to fill such 
vacancies for the remainder of the official term. 

ARTlCIvE III.— DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

president. 

Section i . The President shall preside at the meetings of the Corpora- 
tion, and the Board of Trustees. He shall, at the annual meeting of the members 
of the Corporation and at such other times as he shall deem proper, communi- 
cate to the Corporation or to the Board of Trustees such matters and make 
such suggestions as may, in his opinion, tend to promote the prosperity and 
welfare, and increase the usefulness of the Corporation. He shall receive all 
bonds given to the Corporation, and shall deposit the same with the Rochester 
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and shall also perform such other duties as 
are necessarily incident to the office of President of the Corporation. 

vice-presidents. 

Sec. 2. In the absence of the President, the Vice-Presidents, in the 
order of their seniority, shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of 
President ; and in case of the absence of President and Vice-Presidents, the 
Board of Trustees shall designate one of its members President /)w fe?n. 

secretary. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary shall, under the direction and control of the 
Board of Trustees, keep, regularly entered in proper books of record, true and 
accurate minutes of all votes, acts and proceedings of the Association, Board 
of Trustees, Executive and all other Standing Committees ; issue all notices 
that may be required by the by-laws. President or other proper authority, and 
at the annual meeting report the transactions of the Corporation for the previ- 
ous year. The accounts of the Corporation shall be kept by the Secretary in 
proper books belonging to the Corporation, which books shall be at all times 
open for examination by the Board of Trustees or any committee of said 
Board, He shall take charge of the seal, books, papers and property of the 



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Corporation, attend the rooms of the corporation during business hours, anil 
shall devote his entire time and attention to the interests of the Corporation. 
He shall collect all moneys due to the Corporation, giving proper receipt 
therefor and pay the same over to the Treasurer without delay. He shall 
keep a complete list of the names and addresses of all the members of the Cor- 
poration. He shall conduct and keep proper records of all the correspondence 
of the Corporation : furnish the Chairman of each Committee a copy of the 
resolutions whereby the Committee was appointed, and with any matter or 
matters, together with all papers relating thereto, that may have been referred 
to such Committee. 

TREASURER. 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys from the Secretary, giv- 
ing his receipt therefor, and shall disburse the same only upon the written 
order of the Executive Committee, countersigned by the Secretary. He shall 
carefully preserve all vouchers for the payment of money, and securities of 
every kind belonging to the Corporation. He shall render a report of the 
annual meeting of the Corporation, which report .shall be audited and approved 
by the Executive Committee before presentation, and shall report at such 
other times as the Board of Trustees may direct. He shall give a bond in a 
I^enal sum, to be fixed by the Board of Trustees, for the faithful performance 
of his duties, such bond to be procured from a duly organized Fidelity or 
Guaranty Company, and paid for by the Corporation. 

ARTICLE IV.— COMMITTEES. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Section i. There shall be appointed each year by the Board of Trustees 
the following Standing Committees from the members of the Corporation, each 
committee to consist of nineteen members, including a Chairman, who shall 
be chosen from the Board of Tnistees, viz : 

On Manufactures and Promotion of Trade. 

On Railroads and Transportation. 

On Public Improvements. 

On Statistics and Publication. 

On Legislation. 

On Postal P'acilities, Telegraphy and Insurance. 

executive committee. 

Sec. 2. There shall be an Executive Committee, consisting of the Presi- 
dent, the three Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer of the Corporation and Chair- 
man of Standing Committees. 



No. 


I. 


No. 


2. 


No. 


3- 


No. 


4- 


No. 


5- 


No. 


6. 



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ARTICLE v.— GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Section i. The Executive Committee shall, subject to the control of the 
Board of Trustees, have general control of the rooms, property and finances of 
the Corporation. It shall act as an Advisory Committee to the Secretary and 
direct the preparation of the annual report of the Board. It shall make all 
purchases, audit all bills and claims against the Corporation, and direct their 
payment if approved. It shall report, at each regular meeting of the Board 
of Trustees, the state of its finances. It shall appoint the Secretary of the 
Corporation, and fix the amount of all salaries and compensation for services. 
It shall consider all nominations for membership, and report the same regu- 
larly to the Board of Trustees, and in general, be charged with the advance- 
ment of all the general objects of the Corporation. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Sec. 2. Excepting as otherwise expressly provided by the By-Laws, 
each Standing Committee will have power to adopt regulations for their own 
government and procedure ; to declare a vacancy after three successive 
absences of a member thereof, and to order and arrange for the convenient dis- 
charge of their duties, by correspondence or through Sub-Committees, or other- 
wise. It shall be the duty of every Standing Committee to examine into and 
to make report upon all matters referred to them by the Board of Trustees ; 
and any Standing Committee may also consider any question relating to the 
special work of such Committee and report their views upon the same to the 
Board for its consideration. All Committees shall report all propositions or 
actions to the Board of Trustees, for its concurrence or dissent, and no Com- 
mittee shall have power to bind the Corporation to concur in the action of any 
such Committee, unless specifically directed so to do. 

ARTICLE VI.— MEMBERSHIP AND DUES. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i . Any person, firm, or corporation, recommended by the Execu- 
tive Board and elected by the Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce shall 
become a member of the Association. 

Sec. 2. All applications for membership of the Corporation must be 
made in writing, contain a statement of the occupation and qualifications of 
the applicant, and be addressed to the Executive Committee for consideration. 
If the Executive Committee approve the application they shall report the 
same to the Board of Trustees for election at any regular meeting. If the 
applicant shall be declared elected, and within thirty days after being informed 
of such election shall pay to the Secretary of the Association the regular dues 
and sign the Constitution and By-Laws, such applicant shall, thereupon, 
become a member of this Corporation, and receive a certificate of membership. 



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Sec. 3. An}' member of this Association may be expelled by a majority 
vote of all the members of the Board of Trustees, provided that the Executive 
Committee shall recommend such expulsion. 

Sec. 4. Any member in good standing, and not being in arrears to the 
Corporation, may withdraw upon filing with the Secretary a written notice of 
his intention. 

Sec. 5. Each membership shall be entitled to but one vote, but no 
member in arrears for dues shall be entitled to vote. 

Sec. 6. The interest of a member in the property of the Corporation shall 
cease and determine upon the determination of his membership, either by 
death, expulsion or resignation. 

dues. 

Sec. 7. The annual dues of the Corporation shall be twenty dollars, pay- 
able to the Secretary on the first day of January in each year, and all members 
failing to pay the same within three months from the date on which they are 
due shall be deemed to have relinquished their membership, and the same 
shall be forfeited, and such parties shall thereafter be admitted only as new 
applicants. 

ARTICLE VII.— MEETINGS AND QUORUM. 

Section i. The annual meeting and election of the Corporation shall be 
held on the first Monday in December in each year, at eight o'clock in the 
evening, at such place as the Board of Trustees may designate. Notice of the 
time and place of such meeting and election shall be given by publication of 
the same in one or more of the daily newspapers of the City of Rochester, and 
posted on the bulletin board in the rooms of the Corporation, for at least ten 
days previous to said meeting and election. And if for any reason such annual 
meeting shall not be held on the first Monday of December, it shall be the duty 
of the President to call such meeting within two weeks thereafter, in the 
manner as stated above. 

Sec. 2. The Corporation shall hold regular meetings on the first Monday 
of each month, excepting December, July, August and September, at 8 
o'clock p. m., for the consideration of such subject matter as may be directed 
by the Board of Trustees, and no business other than that named for said 
meeting shall be entertained, even though unanimous consent be had. 

Sec. 3. Special meetings of the Corporation may be called at any time 
upon the request, in writing, of the President. Executive Committee, or twenty- 
five members of the Corporation, addressed to the Board of Trustees, and 
specifying the purpose thereof, provided said Board in session shall approve of 
such call by a majority present and voting. Notice of such special meeting 
shall be given by mailing a copy of the same to each member of the Corpora- 
tion at least two days previous to said meeting, which notice shall state the 
specific object for which the meeting is called, and no business shall be 



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considered or transacted at such special meeting other than that named in the 
call therefor. 

Skc. 4. The Board of Trustees shall hold regular meetings on the last 
Thursday of each month, at 4.30 o'clock p. m., for the transaction of regular 
business. 

Sec. 5. Special meetings of the Board of Trustees may be convened at 
any time by order of the President or Executive Committee, or upon the 
written request of ten members of the Board, addressed to the Secretary, and 
upon such order being issued, or written request made, it shall be the duty of 
the Secretary to call such meeting, provided that one day's notice by mail of 
the time and object of the meeting shall have been given to each member of 
said Board, and also provided that no other business except that designated in 
such call and notice shall be acted upon. 

Sec. 6. Whenever the day fixed for holding any stated meeting of the 
Corporation or Board of Trustees shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting 
shall be held on the day following. 

Sec. 7. Thirty members of the Corporation shall constitute a quorum at 
any regular or special meeting thereof. Twelve members of the Board of 
Trustees, five members of the Executive Committee, and five of each Standing 
Committee, shall constitute a quorum of each respectively. 

Sec. 8. At the regular November meeting of the Board of Trustees, the 
President shall appoint a committee of seven members of the Chamber (not of 
the Board of Trustees), whose duty it shall be to present the names of candi- 
dates to be voted for at the next annual meeting of the Chamber. The names 
of the candidates so selected shall be posted upon the bulletin board at least 
ten days previous to the annual meeting. Additional nominations may be 
posted over the signatures of fifteen members of the Chamber at least five days 
previous to the annual meeting. No names of candidates not so posted shall 
be considered at such annual meeting. 

ARTICLE VIIL— ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Section i. At all regular meetings of the Board of Trustees, the order of 
business shall be as follows : 
I. Roll Call. 

Reading of Minutes. 
Reading of Communications. 
Official Reports. 

Reports of Standing Committees. 
Reports of Special Committees. 
Unfinished Business. 
Election of Members and Officers. 
Miscellaneous Business. 
This regular order of business may at any meeting be temporarily sus- 
pended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 



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Sec. 2. The order of business at all annual meetings of the Corporation 
shall be prepared by the Executive Committee, who shall file the same with 
the President and post a copy on the bulletin in the rooms of the Corporation 
at least ten days previous to such meeting. 

Sec. 3. In all cases involving points of Parliamentary Law, not provided 
for by the Constitution or By-Laws, Roberts' Rules of Order shall be accepted 
as authority. 

ARTICLE IX.— SEAL. 

Section i . The Corporation shall have a Seal with suitable device, contain- 
ing thereon the name and date of the formation of the Corporation, which shall 
be in charge of the Secretary, and shall be affixed by him only to certificates of 
membership, unless otherwise in.structed to affix the same by order of the 
Board of Trustees. 

ARTICLE X.— LIABILITY. 

Section i. No officer, committee or member of the Corporation, or other 
person shall contract or incur any debt on behalf of the Corporation, or in any 
way render it liable, unless authorized bj^ the Board of Trustees or Executive 
Committee. 

ARTICLE XL— AMENDMENTS. 

Section i. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or added to by the 
affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members voting at any meeting 
of the Corporation, in the call for which notice of the proposed change shall 
be given ; provided that any such alteration, amendment or addition in specific 
form shall have been first approved by a majority of the Board of Trustees 
present at a meeting of said Board. 




ELMWOOD AVENUE BRIDGE— ENTRANCE TO GENESEE VALLEY PARK. 



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THE GENESEE VALLEY 
TRUST COMPANY. 




THE Genesee Valley Trust Company, No. 21 Exchange St., Rochester, 
X. v.. really came into being during lunch hour, January 4, 1901, at 
which time Hon. Henry C. Brewster, President of the Traders 
National Bank, Charles H. Palmer, Cashier of the same bank, and 
George C. Buell, a Director of the bank, were taking lunch in Powers 
Hotel Cafe. Mr. Brewster had long contemplated inaugurating 
another trust company in Rochester, and when he learned that the 
property recently occupied by the Bank of Monroe could be secured, 
he negotiated for it at once through Mr. Buell, and from the date mentioned 
until September 3, 1901, when the new concern was most auspiciously opened 
for business, workmen were busy transforming the old building into an up-to- 
date banking house, happily preserving the exterior without material change, 
thus preserving to Rochester the oldest business landmark in its history, it 
being ten years older than the city itself, the home of the first bank founded 
in Rochester, and practically the birthplace of that great corporation, the 
Western Union Telegraph Company. 

Ground was broken for the original building in 1823, which was completed 
the following year. It was the only brick structure on Exchange street, and 
the only building north of the canal. Upon its completion the Bank of 
Rochester was installed, and continued until 1845, when Freeman Clark organ- 
ized the Rochester Bank in its place. In the early 60' s the Western Union 
Telegraph Company, of which Hiram Sibley, Sr. , was head and front, took 
over the building. The offices of the company were upstairs, while the rear 
of the building, fronting on Irving Place, was u.sed as a warehouse for tele- 
graphic supplies. At this time there were about fifty independent telegraph 
companies, and it was the genius and perseverance of Hiram Sibley that con- 
solidated all these non-paying organizations into one great corporation, which 
continues to this day a magnificent success. In 1865 the Western Union was 
removed to New York City, and the old building was without an occupant 
until 1867, when the Bank of Monroe was organized. Eleven years after- 
ward Mr. Sibley purchased a controlling interest, afterward became the presi- 
dent, and so continued until his death in 1883. The Bank of Monroe still 
continued to occupy the building until 1900, when it was consolidated with 
the Alliance Bank. The Genesee Valley Trust Company has therefore the 
prestige of owning and occupying the oldest building in Rochester, and one 
which has been devoted to banking and financial interests of the city since its 
erection — almost three score years and ten. The thanks of the community are 



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due Mr. Brewster for preserving this historical landmark and handsome speci- 
men of pure colonial architecture, and all wish the Genesee Valley Trust Com- 
pany a continuation of the success achieved in the old structure. 

The Genesee Valley Trust Company will do a Trust and General Banking 
Business. It has a capital of $300,000.00 and a surplus of $60,000.00. It 
pays four per cent, interest on deposits. 

OFFICERS. 

Hknry C. Brewster, President. Frank H. Hamlin, Vice-President. 

Charles H. Palmer, Second Vice-President and Secretary. 

DIRECTORS. 



William H, Adams, Presiding Justice Su- 
preme Court, Canandaigua, N. Y. 

John F. Alden, American Bridge Company. 

Charles L. Angle, Director Alliance Bank, 
Treasurer Moseley & Motley Milling Co. 

Leo Bloch, Stein-Bloch Co., Wholesale Cloth- 
iers. 

Carroll E. Bowen, Assistant Cashier Traders 
National Bank. 

Henry C. Brewster, President Traders Na- 
tional Bank. 

Horace C. Brewster, Brewster, Crittenden & 
Co., Wholesale Grocers. 

George C. Buell, Geo, C. Buell & Co., Whole- 
sale Grocers. 

John M. Davy, Justice N. Y. Supreme Court. 

Thomas B. Dunn, President T. B. Dunn Co., 
Manufacturers of Perfumes, etc. 

Nathaniel Foote, Foote, Perkins & Havens, 
Attorneys. 

Charles P. Ford, C. P. Ford Company, Inc., 
Shoe Manufacturers. 

Frank H. Hamlin, President Canandaigua 
National Bank, Canandaigua, N. Y. 

Lester H. Humphrey, Senator 46th District, 
President Wyoming Co. Nat. Bank, War- 
saw, N. Y. 



Alexander B. Lamberton, President Chamber 
of Commerce, Trustee East Side Savings 
Bank. 

Frederick C. Loebs, President American 
Brewing Co. 

W. Henry Mathews, President Rochester 
Printing Co., Director Central Bank. 

William S. Morse, AV. B. Morse & Sons, 

Lumber. 
Charles H. Palmer, Cashier Traders National 

Bank. 
Clinton Rogers, Howe & Rogers Co., Carpets 

and Draperies 
John S. Sheppard, Attorney, Penn Yan, N.Y. 
Samuel Sloan, President Mechanics Savings 

Bank. 
Darrell D. Sully, Attorney, Director Traders 

National Bank. 
Eli M. Upton, Director Traders National 

Bank. 
Valentine F. Whitmore, Whitmore, Rauber 

& Vicinus, contractors. Director Merchants 

Bank. 
James E. Wolcott, Merchant. 
Willis E. Woodbury, Merchant. 



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|n Memoriam 


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C. B. Dickers, 

Dec. 26, 1899. 


Cornelius 1R. parsons, 

January 30, 1901. 

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3oel (Ba\nor^ IDavis, 

February 36, 1900. 


Si^ncv? mall, 

February 19, 1901. 


February 27. 1900. 


Cbarles S. Barrows, 

April 28, 1901. 


(Bcorcic Encjcrt, 

March 10, 1900. 


IRicbolas Bra\^er, 

May II, 1901. 


3amcs im. etllis, 

April 16, 1900. 


Blvara^o Stevens, 

May 19, 1901. 


]£3ra 1R. Bu&rew5, 

August 13, 1900. 


5obn C. /IDoore, 

June 3, 1901. 


/IDarcus /llMcbaclSt 

September 12, 1900. 


5obn IRauber, 

July 24. 1901. 


Cbarles nE. /IDorris, 

■ December 2, 1900. 


3. Xee 3u^son, 

October 5, 1901. 



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EZRA R. ANDREWS. 



IN the death of Ezra R. Andrews, which occurred August 13th, 1900, Rochester lost one 
of its most distinguished citizens, and the Chamber of Commerce a very valuable 
member. 

Mr. Andrews was greatly sought after by those who needed advice, either in the fur- 
thering of private business projects or public enterprises. His judgment was the result of 
ripe experience, and his advice was always in accordance with righteousness, justice and 

truth. He gave largely 
of his means to many 
good causes. 

When only one year 
old Ezra R. Andrews was 
brought to Rochester, 
where he was educated. 
At the age of 14 he entered 
the printing trade, and for 
three years fed the press 
of the Rochester Demo- 
crat. After three years of 
apprenticeship he became 
a journeyman. At the 
age of 25 years he left the 
Democrat office, and 
founded a business of his 
own under the firm name 
of Smith & Andrews, 
which afterwards was 
changed to Smith, Ben- 
ton & Company, and sub- 
sequently to Benton & 
Andrews, remaining s o 
for five years, when Mr. 
Andrews took control of 
the entire business, and 
made his name one of the 
most familiar in our city. 
Mr. Andrews had much 
to do with organizing and 
making prosperous the 
Mechanics Institute, of 
which he was for many 
years president. His philanthropic spirit took delight in everything that pertained to the 
education of the young, and opening up for them opportunities in life. He was one of the 
organizers of the Campbell's Creek Coal Company, of Virginia, and much of his time was 
taken up in the discharge of the duties as president of the Co-Operative Publishing Com- 
pany. In 1863 he accepted the office of Deputy Assessor, and helped to put in force the 
then newly passed internal revenue law. 




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In 1867 and 1869 he was elected Alderman of the Third Ward, and in 1870 was chosen 
President of the Common Council. Among the other offices which the deceased filled with 
honor are the following: Trustee of the Theological Seminary; Trustee of the Western New 
York Institute for Deaf Mutes ; President of the Rochester Orphan Asylum ; First Vice- 
President, and Member of Board of Trustees, Mechanics Savings Bank ; Trustee Rochester 
Chamber of Commerce ; Member, and at one time. President of the Board of Trustees of 
the First Baptist Church. 

Mr. Andrews married Miss B. L. Rider, daughter of Ebenezer Rider, of New Haven, in 
i860, by whom he is survived, as also by two daughters, Mrs. W. B Hale and Miss Kate R. 
Andrews, and two sisters, Mrs. Milliken and Mrs. James Howard, both of whom reside in 
the west, and four grandchildren. 

Mr. Andrews purchased the beautiful residence on Exchange street, formerly the home 
of Daniel W. Powers, many years ago, and it was there that the happiest days of his life 
were spent, amid the most harmonious and loving influences, and where his spirit passed 
from earth. 

The life of Ezra R. Andrews would' serve as a pattern for all young men to emulate, 
exemplifying the good citizen who won honors and rewards by the practice of industry, 
integrity and virtue. 



ALVARADO STEVENS. 



AMONG the prominent members of the Chamber of Commerce who departed this life 
during the past year is Alvarado Stevens, whose name will long be held in affection- 
ate remembrance. 
Deceased was born in Rochester, May 
30th, 1846. After the completion of his edu- 
cation in the public and high schools, and 
graduating at a business college, he entered 
the office of his father, James B. Stevens, the 
well known box manufacturer of this city. 
He was eventually taken into partnership 
under the firm name of James B Stevens & 
Son, and by his energetic efforts greatly ex- 
tended the box manufacturing industry of 
this city. He w^as united in marriage to Miss 
Frances Isabel Leary, daughter of Daniel 
Lear}-, of this city, in 1868. He was a mem- 
ber of the Brick Church, and a prominent 
Mason, having a life membership in Yonon- 
dio Lodge No. 163, Hamilton Chapter 62, 
Monroe Commandery No. 12, and the four 
bodies of the Scottish Rite: Lodge of Perfec- 
tion, Council Princes of Jerusalem, Chapter 
of Rose Croix, and Consistory S. P. R. S. 
The deceased possessed many noble traits of 
character that gave him a high standing in 
commercial and social circles. 

He is survived by his wife, one son, James 
B. Stevens, Jr., his father, J. B. Stevens, and a sister, Mrs. J. T. Kinsey, all of this city. 




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CHARLES STORRS BARROWS. 



AMONG the valued members who have died since the publication of the last report of 
the Chamber of Commerce, is Charles Storrs Barrows, a notable business man, and 
proprietor of the Snow Wire Works in this city, who passed away at the family resi- 
dence, No. 56 Notth Goodman street, April 28, 1901, aged 43 years. Mr. Barrows was born 
iu Greenwood, McHenry County, 111., April 27, 1858, his parents being Lathrop and Emily 
Parker Barrows, who reside at Woodstock, 111. He was educated at the University of 

Illinois, where he 
was a classmate of 
Governor Yates and 
Professor Taft,from 
the latter of whom 
he received instruc- 
tion in clay model- 
ing, which laid the 
foundation of a 
high artistic cul- 
ture, which was of 
great advantage to 
him in after life. 

He left college to 
take a position as 
draughtsman to a 
railroad corpora- 
tion in the west. and 
subsequently with 
Pratt & Whitney, 
of Hartford, Conn. 
He then spent some 
time traveling i n 
Europe, and on his 
return was em- 
ployed by the 
Standard Oil Com- 
pany as a mechan- 
ical expert. 

In 1888 he was 
united in marriage to Miss Evelyn Snow, and in 1893 he moved to Rochester, and, in com- 
pany with his brother-in-law, Albert Snow, acquired possession of the Snow Wire Works. 
Later on he assumed full proprietorship, and by his genius he greatly extended the opera- 
tions of the business. He was artistic in his ideals, and made many beautiful designs in 
wire work and metal screens, which are to be seen in numerous important banks, insurance 
offices, and counting houses generally, throughout the United States. The energy displayed 
by the deceased gave a great impetus to the Snow Wire Works, and it became one of the 
largest manufactories in the country of every species of metal office fixtures aud wire work 
appliances. 

In the death of Charles Storrs Barrows the Chamber of Commerce loses an influential 
and enthusiastic member, and Rochester a citizen of the highest type He was a kindly 
man in all his relations with others, a faithful friend, clean, straightforward and honor- 
able in all his dealings. 




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The impress of his personality is firmly stamped upon the Rochester industry which he 
did so much to enlarge and render notable throughout the states, and which is still being 
carried on. The high value of Mr. Barrows as a business man was supplemented by a strong 
and earnest Christian character, and his influence for good, in connection with the Third 
Presbyterian Church, and President of its Men's Guild, cannot be overestimated. In his 
social and home life he became endeared to a large circle of friends. Deceased is survived 
by his wife and six children, father, mother and two sisters. 

His society affiliations were limitel to the Masonic order and to his church. 



JOEL G. DAVIS. 



JOEL G. DAVIS, whose name has for many years been identified with the industry that 
first gave Rochester fame, died February 26th, 1900. 
Joel Gaylord Davis was born October ir, 1813, in the Town of Preble, Cortland Co., 
N. Y. In 1828 he removed to Gainesville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., with his parents, who were 
among the earlier settlers of the 
town. Until 1855 his life was spent 
upon a farm, and he there acquired 
that sturdy physique, which, with 
his correct habits of life, carried 
him through his long and active 
career without a serious illness. 
In the latter year he purchased the 
flouring mill at Gainesville, and 
first engaged in milling. He sold 
the Gainesville mill in the spring 
of 1865, and removed to Aurora, 
111., where he was engaged in the 
same business until t868, when he 
came to Rochester. Here, with 
Thomas EHwood and E. B. Jen- 
nings, he purchased the Jefferson 
Mill. The business was conducted 
under the firm name of Ellwood, 
Davis & Co., Mr. Davis being the 
practical miller of the firm. Under 
his expert management was found- 
ed the business which has since 
grown to large proportions, and 
placed his name prominently 
among those of the large and suc- 
cessful millers of the country. In 
1876, his son, H. Wheeler Davis, 
bought Mr. Ellwood's interest, and, 
soon after, the interest of Mr. Jen- 
nings was purchased, and the firm 
of J. G. Davis & Son was formed. 
Under this firm name the Jefferson 
yUll was operated until itsdestruc- 




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tion by the naphtha explosion of December 21st, 1877. In the spring of 1888 the firm of 
J. G. Davis & Co. was formed, the partnership consisting of Mr. Davis, his son, H, Wheeler 
Davis, and his nephevi^, Martin F. Bristol. The Granite Mill on Brown's Race, at the foot 
of Piatt street, was purchased, the building remodeled, and the present modern milling 
plant installed. With the improved and enlarged facilities afforded by the new plant, and 
with the same high business standards which Mr. Davis had set for the business in the past 
the new firm speedily recovered the ground lost by the destruction of the plant belonging to 
its predecessor, and had soon achieved a success greater than any that the old firm had 
known. 

Joel G. Davis retired from active participation in the business July ist, 1890. Since that 
time his son, H. Wheeler Davis, and his nephew, Martin F. Bristol, upon whom the active 
management of the business devolved, have ably and successfully continued the business 
policy inaugurated by him, and to-day the business has assumed large proportions, and the 
products of the Granite Mill are everywhere known for their excellence. The business was 
incorporated as the J. G. Davis Co., July ist, 1899. 

Mr. Davis was a man of modest and retiring disposition, and, outside of his business, his 
activities were chiefly confined to church and charitable work. In these activities he was 
joined by his wife, Sarah M. Bristol, to whom he was married in September, 1835, and with 
whom he lived for 62 years, until her death in 1897. 

Shortly after coming to Rochester he became a member of the Brick Presbyterian 
Church, and for over 25 years was one of its ruling elders. The church will long remember 
the substantial aid received from his generous hand and faithful labors. He was broad 
though unostentatious in his charities, and was ever active in goodworks. He was a good 
citizen, an honorable. Christian man, kind and just, and of him it can be truly said that 
his was a life well spent. 



GEORGE C. MAURER. 



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THE late George C. Maurer, whose 
portrait is here presented, founded 
the famous Maurer Wholesale and 
Retail Grocery House, 140 Main Street, 
East, in 1848, two years after he arrived 
here from his native town, Sarra Breken, 
Germany, where he was born in 1815. Mr. 
Maurer began business under the firm name 
of Kennedy & Maurer, and two years after- 
wards carried on the business under his own 
name, at the old Blossom House, where he 
was burned out, when he established him- 
self in the present premises. He held the 
office of Supervisor from the Sixth Ward, 
was a Director of the East Side Savings 
Bank, and a Trustee of the German Insur- 
ance Company, He contributed largely to 
religious and charitable institutions, both 
in his adopted country and his native land 



and died, deeply mourned by thousands of his fellow citizens. 



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A. B. L,AMBERTON, President. 

George Eastman, First Vice-President. Edward W. Peck, Second Vice-President. 

WiLMOT Castle, Third Vice-President. 

Benjamin E. Chase, Treasurer. John M. Ives, Secretary. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
A. B. Lamberton, 
H. B. Hathaway, Wilmot Castle, 

George Eastman, Henry S. Mackie, 

Edward W. Peck, Irving Rouse, 

F. A. Brownell, William H. Smith, 



Henry C. Brewster, 
Benjamin E. Chase, 
Daniel B. Murphy, 
Lewis P. Ross. 



^ 



BOARD O F TRUSTE ES 



one year 



H. F. At wood, 
Charles E. Angle, 
Henry C. Brewster, 
Harvey W. Brown, 



Edmund J. Burke, 
Max Brickner, 
Charles T. Chapiu, 
Wilmot Castle, 



P. V. Crittenden, 
W E. Dugan, 
Abram J. Katz, 
William C. Ukly, 



John C. Woodbury, 



Lyman M. Otis, 
William Pitkin, 
George F. Roth, 
George W. Thayer, 



George Weldon. 



two years 



John F Alden, 
Charles J. Brown, 
Edward Bausch, 
Gustave Erbe, 



Charles P. Ford, 
Joseph Farley, 
Wm. H. Gorsline, 
Wm. A. Hubbard, Jr. 



Fred S.Todd, 



J. Lee Judson, 
Daniel B. Murphy, 
Thomas J Nicholl, 
Edward W. Peck, 
Albrecht Vogt. 



THREE years. 



Charles E. Bayliss, 
Fred H. Beach, 
F. A. Brownell. 
B. E. Chase, 



G. Clay Cox, 
T. B. Dunn, 
Albert O. Fenn, 
Henry B Hathaway, 



W. H. Smith, 



Henry J. Moore, 
L. W. Moore, 
Geo. J. Oaks, 
Griflf D. Palmer, 

F. A. Stecher. 



Charles H. Palmer, 
Fernando E. Rogers, 
Clinton Rogers, 
Morley A. Stern, 



Edward Prizer, 
L. P. Ross, 
R. B. Sherburne, 
Rufus A. Sibley, 



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TAXPAYERS COMMITTEE 



Henry B. Hathaway, Chairman. Martin E. 

Henry C. Brewster, J. W. Oothout, 

James E. Booth, John Craig Powers, 

Frederick Cook, Erickson Perkins, 



Wollf, Vice-Chairman. 

Hiram W. Sibley, 
Rufus A. Sibley, 
John C. Woodbury. 



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LEGISLATION 

Henrv C. Brewster, Chairman. H. B. Hathaway, Vice-Chainnan. 

Geo. W. Aldridge, Geo. C. Buell, l,oiiis J. Ernst, Abram J. Katz, Morley A. Stern, 

Charles E. Angle, B. E. Chase, Charles P. Ford, Henry Lomb, Rufus A. Sibley, 

William C. Barr>', James G. Cutler. John Fahy, Lewis P. Ross, George B. Watkins. 

Charles J. Brown, P. V. Crittenden, 

MANUFACTURES AND PROMOTION OF TRADE 

lyEWis P. Ross, Chairman. T. B. Dunn, Vice-Chairman. 

I,. M. Antisdale, G. G. Foster. S. C. l,angslow, Simon L,. Steefel, 

Gumey T. Curtis, W. P. Davis, T. B. Ryder, Sol. Solomon, 

Gustave Erbe, J. A. Seel, Moses B. Shantz, O. T. Stacy, 

James Fee, M. Kondolf, 

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 



John M. Thayer, 
H. J. Utz, 
Albrecht Vogt. 



F. A. Brownell, Chairman. Charles T. Chapin, Vice-Chairman. 

Har\ey W. Brown, William Eastwood, I,. I,. Williams, H.W.Morgan, George J. Oaks, 

Fred H. Beach, Joseph Farley, J. Miller Kelly, Henry C. Moore, Rufus A. Sibley, 

G. Clay Cox, Edwin A. Fisher, Harold C. Kimball, Frank G. Newell, R. B. Sherburne. 

Edgar X. Curtice, D. M. Garson, 

RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION 

D.\NiEL B. Murphy, Chairman. Michael Doyle, Vice-Chairman. 

E. Frank Brewster, H. B. Graves, J. Emorj- Jones, S. R. Mott, Jr., F. E. Shepherd, 

George Bowman, Sam Gottry, J. C. Kalbfleisch, Philip Present, R. B. Sherburne, 

T. B. Dunn. George W. Ham, E. C. I<apey, E. P. Reed, Daniel Smith. 

George J. French, E. W. Keck, 



POSTAL FACILITIES, TELEGRAPHY AND INSURANCE 



Edward W. Peck, 
Nathan Stein, 
t,. L. Stone. 



Irving Rouse, Chairman. A. J. Townson, Vice-Chairman. 

Levi Adler, James D. Casey. James H. Graham, Joseph Michaels, 

E.T.Ashley, M. J. Cullinan, Charles L- Hunt, William C. Barrj', 

Horace C. Brewster, Rufus K. Dryer, J. McKown, Edward Prizer, 

Henry E. Ball, H. B. Hathaway, 

STATISTICS AND PUBLICATIONS 

Henry S. Mackie, Chairman. John H. Gregory, Vice-Chairman. 

William H. Briggs, H. W. Calkins, C. S. Kellogg, Robert L. Moore, E. A. Stahlbrodt, 

William H. Barnes, Franklin Coe, Louis L. Le\'i, T. R. Levis, E. A. Tobey, 

Max Binswanger, B. P. Hamil, Robt. K. McLellan, P. Ralph Plass, John A. P. Walter. 

Edwin S. Burr, C. M. Fisk, 

CONVENTION HALL AND PUBLIC MARKET 

HoLTz, Vice-Chairman. 

Chas K. Newberrj', F. A. Stecher, 

Thos. J. NichoU, H. D. Stone, 

Lyman M. Otis, Charles Stern, 

A. S. Osborn, Charles A. Stine, 

Edward W. Peck, J. T. Shumaker, 

William Pitkin, F. Schwikert, 

Philip Present, George A. Tegg, 

Geo. S. Primrose, A. L- Thompson, 

Frank T. Pulver, J. Nelson Tubbs, 

George F. Roth, G. D. VanReypen, 

H. H. Rich, Richard H. Verian, 

Rufus A. Sibley, A. J. Wegman. 



W 
Geo. F. Argetsinger, 
Geo. Atkinson, 
S. J. T. Bush, 
James A. Burke, 
Charles T. Chapin, 
N. L- Brayer, 
Charles Blauw, 
E. J. Burke, 
P. V. Crittenden, 
C. C. Clark, 
Milton Clark, 
J. P. Cleary, 
O. M. Cross, 



illiam H. Smith 
James Downs, 

F. C. Deininger, 
E. A. Fisher, 
H.J. Forster, 
Bradley W. Fenn, 
J. J. L- Friederich 
Wm. H. Gorsline, 

G. B. Gilbert, 
C. L. Griffith, 
H. P. Gillett. 
C. F. Garfield, 
David Hoyt, 



Chairman. Lipman 

William D. Hayes. 
S. F. Hess, 
J. P. Henry, 
John M. Ives. 
L. A. Jeffries, 
Henry Lomb. 
F. C. Lauer, 
William Likly, 
Daniel B. Murph}', 
M. J. Moloney, 
J. W. Moore, 
C. A. Mason, 



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MEMBERS OF 

CHAMBER mmmi 




Abbott, L. F., & Co Manufacturers Underwear 15 South Ave. 

Adams, Dr. R. A Physician 46 N. Fitzhugh St. 

Adler, L , Brothers & Co Manufacturers Clothing 92 St. Paul St. 

Aikenhead, W Tallow Renderer. 60 Front St. 

Alden, John F Iron and Steel Bridge Mfr 301 Powers Bldg. 

Aldridge, Hon George W 96 Plymouth Ave. 

Alliance Bank Hobart F. Atkinson, President. 183 Main St., East 

American Brewing Co F. C Loebs. President 250 Hudson Ave. 

Amsden, Frank J., & Son . . . .Bankers and Brokers 4 Main St., West 

American Express Co H J. Butterfield, Agent 103 State St. 

Anderson, Dr. Herbert A Physician 391 West Ave. 

Anstice, Josiah, & Co Hardware Castings 220238 N. Water St. 

Armstrong, D., & Co Shoe Manufacturers 159 Exchange St. 

Ashley, E. F Insurance 202-206 Granite Bldg. 

Babcock, H. H., & Co Coal Dealers 5 Main St., West 

Bache, J. S., & Co Bankers & Brokers, Max Brickner, Res. Mgr., Powers Bldg 

Bantel's Sons, George Sales Stables 694 Lake Ave. 

Barhite, John A Lawyer 19 Main St., West 

Barnard, W. W Liquors 148 State St. 

Barnard & Simonds Co Chair Manufacturers Lower Falls. 

Bartholomay Brewing Co Frederick Cook, President. . . .St. Paul St. cor. Vincent. 

Bausch, E. E., & Son Opticians 6 Main St., East 

Bausch & Lomb Optical Co...Mfrs. Optical Instruments ...515-547 St. Paul St. 

Bayliss, Charles U Gen. Agt. Mutual Life Ins. Co. .207-209 Granite Bldg, 

Beadle & Sherburne Co Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods. 142-154 Main St., East 

Beckley, J. N President T., H. & B. R'y Co. .Beckley Bldg. 

Behn, Herman President Bolton Shoe Co. . . .129 Andrews St. 

Bell Telephone Co. of Buffalo. .Alvin H. Dewey, Dist, Mgr 77 North Fitzhugh St, 

Bennie, Charles B., Freight Agt. Northern Central R'y 103 Wilder Bldg. 

Bickford Brothers Manufacturers Spring Beds. . . .50-52 State St. 

Bingeman & Baxter Manufacturers Buttons 202 Court St. 

Binswanger, Max Fancy Dry Goods 40 St. Paul St. 

liissell, Dr. Elmer Jefferson . . . Oculist 75 S. Fitzhugh St. 

Blauw Drug Co. Wholesale Druggists 60-62 Mill St. 

Booth, James E Pres. Monroe Co. Savings Bank. 35 State St. 

Bradstreet Co., The J. H. Smith, Superintendent. .412-420 Granite Bldg. 

Brady, Dr. James Physician 397 Plymouth Ave. 

Brayer & Albaugh General Contractors 27 Main St., East 

Brewster, Crittenden & Co. . . Wholesale Grocers 44-50 St. Paul St. 

Brewster, Gordon & Co Wholesale Grocers 39-47 N. Water St. 

Brewster, Hon Henry C Pres. Traders National Bank.. '.45 State St. 



72 R () C H p; S T E R 

THE POWER CITY 

Brewster, H. P Tobacconist : ... .77 Main St., East 

Brighain, O. W Night Lunch 62 Genesee St. 

Brown Brothers Co Nurserymen Rochester, N. Y. 

Brownell, F. A Photographic Apparatus 333 State St. 

Buedingen Manufacturing Co. .Paper Box Manufacturers 53-55 Piatt St. 

Buell, George C, & Co Wholesale Grocers 37-39 Exchange St. 

Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Company 46 West Ave. 

Burke, FitzSimons, Hone & Co. Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods. 122 Main St., East 

Burke & White Bookbinders 140 Mill St. 

Burr & Starkweather Agricultural Implements 45 Stone St. 

Bush, Seth J. T Manager U. S. Life Ins. Co 405-406 Wilder Bldg. 

Butts, J. DeWitt Lawyer and Real Estate 16 State Street. 

Carnahan, Hon. George A Mayor. . ; Rochester, N. Y. 

Carson, Wm. & Chas. H Stone Contractors 54 Plymouth Ave. 

Castle, Wilmot, & Co Specialty Manufacturers 17 Elm St. 

Casey, J. D Commissioner of Public Safety. 32 City Hall. 

Central Bank Benjamin E. Chase, President. Wilder Bldg. 

Chapin, L. S Stained Glass Works 90 Exchange St. 

Chase Brothers Co Nurserymen i Pitkin St. 

Church, Frederick F Patent Lawyer 508-510 Wilder Bldg. 

City Realty Co C. C. Clark, President 54 N. Fitzhugh St. 

Citizens Light and Power Co 95 State St. 

Clark, Milton Insurance 407 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Clark, W. N., & Co Canned Goods, Preservers, etc.HoUenbeck St. 

Cleary, J. P Chief of Police 137 Exchange St. 

Clum, P. A., & Co Brass Foundry 18 Jay St. 

Cogswell, P. J Brighton, N. Y. 

Cohn, H. C, & Co Mfrs. Men's Furnishing Goods. 2 16 Andrews St. 

Commercial Bank Chas. H. Babcock, President. . .47 Main St., East. 

Cooley, William H Lawyer 812 Powers Bldg. 

Co-Operative Foundry Co Mfrs. Stoves and Furnaces. ... 15 Hill St. 

Conolly, C. J Bicycles and Automobiles Fitzhugh Hall. 

Couch, F. D . Hay 374 Exchange St. 

Cramer, J. G Bag and Paper Warehouse 53 Main St., East. 

Cross Brothers & Co Leather 1 14 Mill St. 

Crouch, Chas. T., & Son Co. . .Lumber, Doors, Sash, etc West St. near Lorimer. 

Crouch, Wesley, & Son Proprietors Powers Hotel 36 Main St., West. 

Curtice Brothers Co Canned Goods Curtice St. near St. Paul. 

Curtis, A. W Insurance, Lawyer 16 State St. 

Cutler Manufacturing Co Mfrs. U. S. Mail Chutes Cutler Bldg. 

Davis, J. G., Co Millers Brown's Race. 

Davis, William P., Machine Co. Machinery & Machinists' Tools.130 Mill St. 

Davy, Cassius C Lawyer 2 E. Side Savings Bank Bldg 

Davy, Hon. John M Justice Supreme Court Court House. 

Deininger Brothers Bakers 380-386 North St. 

Dorman, Carrie V Homeopathic Pharmacy 8 East Ave. 

Doyle, Michael, & Co Evaporated Fruits 26-32 White St. 

Dresser, George B Stockbroker 311-313 Wilder Bldg. 

Drew, Allis Co., The Directory Publishers 729 Powers Bldg. 

Dugan & Hudson Shoe Manufacturers I75 N. Water St. 



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THE POWER CITY 

Dumont, J. E Merchandise Broker 65 Trust Bldg. 

Dunn, Bernard F Tobacconist 226 Main St., East. 

Dunn, T. B , Co Perfumers in N. Water St. 

Durand, Dr. H. S Physician 87 S Fitzhugh St. 

East, Henry R Wholesale Provisions 37-43 Front St. 

Eastman Kodak Co Photographic Supplies 343 State St. 

East Side Savings Bank J. B. Moseley, President. . .Main St., E., & Clinton Ave., S. 

Eastwood & Son. William, Co. Boots and Shoes 176-180 Main St., East. 

Eddy, L. B., Co Coffee and Spice Mills 75-79 South Ave. 

EUwanger & Barry Nurserymen 286 Mt. Hope Ave. 

Empire Moulding Works Manufacturers Mouldings 303-319 Granite Bldg. 

Enterprise Foundry Co 48 Olean St. 

Engert, George, & Co Coal 306 Exchange St. 

England, Robert H. .Gen. Mgr. Dansville & Mt, Morris R. R.122 Powers Bldg. 
Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y.J. W. Moore & Wm. H. Barnes. 706-7 14 Granite Bldg. 

Ernst, Louis, & Sons Hardware and Cutlery 1 29-131 Main St., East. 

Erie Railroad Company Geo. A. Bowman, Div. Frt. Agt.35 Court St. 

Everest, Chas. M Vice-President Vacuum Oil Co. nth floor Granite Bldg. 

Fahy Schantz Dry Goods Co. . .Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods. 156-168 Main St., East. 

Fenn, B. W Non-Smut Carbon & Ribbon Co. 423 Granite Bldg. 

Fee Brothers Company Liquors 21-27 N. Water St. 

Ferrin Brothers Co Shippers of Grain, Etc 915 Wilder Bldg. 

Fisher, Edwin A City Engineer 52 City Hall. 

Fisk, Chauncey M., & Bro Merchant Tailors 13S Main St., East. 

Flour City National Bank C. C. Woodworth, President. . .32 State St. 

Ford, C. P., & Co Manufacturers Boots and Shoes. 12 Commercial St. 

Ford, T. W., & Son Plumbing and Heating 9 East Ave. 

Foster & Co Piano Manufacturers 60 Commercial St. 

Fry, E. R Florist 98 Main St., East. 

Fritzsche, Frank, & Son Hides and Skins 62-66 Front St. 

Friederich, A., & Sons Co Contractors 510 EUwanger & Barry Bldg. 

French, R. T., Co., The Spices 10 Brown's Race. 

Fuller, George R., Company . .Manufacturer Artificial Limbs. 15 South Ave. 
Fulton, Newell C Clerk Appellate Court Court House. 

Galusha Stove Co Manufacturers Stoves 167 Court St. 

Garson, D. M Clothing Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Garson, Meyer & Co Manufacturers Clothing 198 St, Paul St. 

Garfield, C. F Real Estate Broker 312-318 Powers Bldg. 

Genesee Brewing Co Brewers and Bottlers 345 St. Paul St. 

Genesee Fruit Co Samuel R. Mott, Jr., Res. Mgr.i-i6 Moore St. 

Gerling Bros. Milling Compy. .Millers 5 N. Water St. 

German American Bank F. P. Allen, Cashier 19 Main St., West. 

Gillette, H. P Civil Engineer 791 Powers Bldg. 

Gilbert, Chas. B Superintendent Public Schools.Free Academy. 

Gleason. P Produce Dealer Le Roy, N. Y. 

Goler, Dr. George W Health Officer 14 City Hall. 

Goetzmann, F. , & Sons Distillers 32 German Insurance Bldg. 

Goldwater, N. , & Brothers Men's Furnishing Goods 134 St. Paul St. 

GorsUne, William H Contractor 247 Powers'Bldg. 

Gottry, Sam, Carting Co Truckmen 12 Exchange St. 



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Graves, H. B Furniture, Etc 78 State St. 

Graeser, William V., Co Manufacturers of Fine Furs. . . .31 Clinton Ave., South. 

Graham Machine Co. , J S 266 Lyell Ave, 

Graham, Dr. H, C W Physician 69 East Ave. 

Graham, Dr. M. E Physician iioo South Ave 

Griesheimer, L. , & Co Clothing 106 Main St., East. 

Hagen, A. T., Co Star Palace Laundry 55 North St. 

Hall's Son, Sidney Boiler and Tank Mfr 175 Mill St. 

Ham, C.T., Manufacturing Co.Mfrs. Lamps and Lanterns. . . .731 Oak St. 

Hamilton, John B County Treasurer Court House. 

Hamilton, R. A Grocer 44-46 Main St., East. 

Harris, Edward Real Estate 15 Savings Bank Bldg. 

Harrison, Hon. Henry Collector of Port U. S. Custom House. 

Haskins & Collyer Art Glass and Paints 367 Main St , East. 

Hathaway & Gordon Ale Brewers 93 North Water St. 

Hayes, William D Dist. Mgr. Travelers Ins. Co. . .512-514 Granite Bldg. 

Hay ward, Dr. Sumner Physician 84 East Ave. 

Henry, J. P Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express. .47 State St. 

Hess, S. F., & Co Tobacconists 57 Exchange St. 

Higgins-Almstead Co Manufact'rs Electric Supplies. 59 State St. 

Higgins, Edward F Coach and Livery 84-90 N. Fitzhugh vSt. 

Hoefler, Otto U Mfr. Uniforms & Fine Clothing.520 St. Paul St. 

Hollister Lumber Co., Ltd. . . .Lumber and Coal 316 N. Goodman vSt. 

Holtz, Louis, & Sons Manufacturers Clothing 82 St. Paul St. 

Hotchkiss, James L Lawyer 203 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Howe & Rogers Co Carpets, Oil Cloths, Etc 80-84 State St. 

Howlett Brothers Rubber Goods 55 Main St., East 

Hoyt, David, Sec. and Treas. Monroe Co. Savings Bank. . .35 State St. 

Hubbard & Eldredge Co Manufacturers Fancy Chairs. . .West, cor. Lyell Ave 

Hunt, C. L County Clerk Court House. 

Hunt, J. K Manufacturer Paper Boxes .... 190 Mill St. 

Ideal Couch & Casket Co 61 St. Paul St. 

Ingmire & Thompson Undertakers 64 Clinton Ave. South. 

International Seed Co W. P. Andrus, Secretary 55 Park Ave. 

Jeffreys, L. A Undertaker 56 East Ave. 

Jenkins & Macy Coal 100 Cutler Bldg. 

Johnston, James Insurance Agent 147 Powers Bldg. 

Jones, J. Emory Iron Founder and Machinist. .Brown's Race. 

Jones, W. Martin Lawyer 1132 Granite Bldg. 

Judson Governor Co Governor Manufacturers Brown's Race. 

Katz, Abram J 345 East Ave. 

Keck, Edward W Leather 115 Mill vSt. 

Kelly, J. Miller Pres Standard Brewing Co. . .Cataract St. 

Kelley, John M Bicycles and Talking Machines. 58 East Ave. 

Kennedy & Lattimore Household Art Rooms 43 East Ave. 

Killip, Dr. T. A Physician 462 Clinton Ave., North. 

Kimball, Harold C Trustee 127 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Kimball, William S., & Co. . .Branch American Tobacco Co. .34 Court St 

Knapp, Homer Contractor, Builder and Real Estate. . . .228 Cutler Bldg 

Knowlton & Beach Paper Box Machinery Mfrs . . .29-35 Elizabeth St. 



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Kohlmetz, Charles'E., Architectural Wrought Iron Works 178-180 N. Water St. 

Kondolf Brothers Ice 104 Main St., East. 

Lamberton, Hon. A. B Real Estate 184 Main St. , West. 

Langslow, Fowler Co Chair Manufacturers 63-75 South Ave. 

Lawless, David T Paper Manufacturer 124 N. Water St. 

Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Co 600 Cox Bldg. 

Leach, William Dye House 81 Stone St. 

Leary, Edward B Dyer Mill St cor. Piatt. 

Lee. Jesse S Underwear 82 Main St., East. 

Lehigh Valley Railroad... C. B Jarvis, City Freight Agent . . . .312 Granite Bldg. 

Lent, George A Real Estate 445 Powers Bldg. 

Levi Sons, B Rags, Etc 1 1 1 Joseph Ave. 

Likly, Henry, & Co Trunk and Bag Manufacturers. 155 Main St., East. 

Little, A. P Mfr. Typewriter Supplies 409 Powers Bldg. 

Loomis & Benjamin Our Own Deliven,- 154 Franklin St. 

Lowenthal, Max, & Brother . . .Manufacturers Knit Goods 430 Main St., East. 

Ludekens, Emil Lawyer 827 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Luther, John, & Son Carpenters and Contractors. . . . 162 North St. 

Lyceum Theatre Co 32 Clinton Ave., South. 

Mack & Co Edge Tool Manufacturers 18 Brown's Race. 

Mackie Piano, Organ and Music Co., H. S. Mackie, President. 100 State St. 

Mandery, Joseph J Masons' Supplies 158 South Ave. 

Mandeville & King Seedsmen ' 187 Main St., East. 

Martin, John W., & Brother . . .Pianos. Organs, Etc 73 State St. 

Mason Brothers Props. Swiss Laundry 94 Exchange St. 

Mathews & Boucher Hardware 26 Exchange St. 

Maurer, George C. (Estate of) .Grocers and Steamship Agents 149 Main St., East. 

Mawdsley, Peter ... .Photographer 90 Reynolds Arcade. 

McCurdy & Norwell Co Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods. 285-291 Main St., East. 

McDonell, James Plumber 31 East Ave. 

McFarlin Clothing Co no Main St. , East 

McGill, Frederick A Lawyer 33 El wood Bldg. 

McLellan, R. K Manager 206 South Ave. 

McLennan, D. J Tobacconist 276 Main St. , East. 

Mechanics Savings Bank Samuel Sloan, President iS Exchange St. 

Merchants Bank P. R. McPhail, President 125 Main St , East. 

Merchants Despatch Transpt'n Co., J. W. Musson, Gen. Supt. Car Dept., 716 Granite Bldg. 

Michaels, Stern & Co Clothing Mauufacturers 77 Clinton Ave., North,. 

Millman's Sons . . Fruit, Etc 292 Main St., East. 

Millspaugh & Green.. . .C. S. Kellogg, Mgr., D. & H. Coal Co. 9 State St. 

Miner, E. G., Jr Pfaudler Vacuum Fermentation Co. 126 Cutler Bldg. 

Moloney Brothers Co Manufacturers Shoes 6 Jones St. 

Monroe Optical Co Spectacle and Eye-glass Mfrs. .Aqueduct St 

Moore & Beirs Manufacturers Clothing 125 St. Paul St. 

Moore, Henry J Blank Book Manufacturer 35 St. Paul St. 

Moore, George Artificial Limb Manufacturer. .305 Clinton Ave., North. 

Morgan Machine Co H. W. Morgin, Manager 46 Piatt St. 

Morse, Wm. B., & Sons Lumber Dealers 82 West Ave. 

Morse, C. H., & Son Rubber Stamps 13 South Water vSt, 

Moseley & Motley Milling Co. Millers Mill St. 

Mulligan, Dr. Wesley T Physician 290 West Ave. 



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National Casket Co B. E. Chase, Treasurer 124 Exchange St. 

Neidhardt, C, & Co Harness Manufacturers Cor. St. Paul& Andrews Sts. 

Nell Brothers & Kern Marble Workers 238 State St. 

N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R Geo. H. Daniels, Grand Central Depot, New York City. 

Neun, Henry P Paper Box Manufacturer 131-139 N. Water St. 

New York Hydraulic Press Brick Co., E. J. Burke, Gen'l Mgr. .501 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Newberry, C. K Prop. I. S. Disbrow Box Fact'y.7 Aqueduct St. 

Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., B. G. Bennett, Agent 814 Granite Bldg. 

Noyes, Milton Lawyer 918 Chamber of Com. Bldg- 

Oaks, George J Oaks & Calhoun, Millinery, Fancy Goods, 42 State St. 

Osgood & Davis Patent Lawyers 804 Wilder Bldg. 

Osgoodby, W. W Court Stenographer 718 Powers Bldg. 

Otis Elevator Co 198-210 Commercial St. 

Otis, Lynian M City Assessor 20 City Hall. 

Pace, J. S Prop. Turkish Baths 14 N. Fitzhugh St. 

Palmer, Charles H Cashier Traders National Bank .45 State St. 

Pennsylvania Railroad Co 81 West Ave. 

Phelps & Lyddon Co Piano Case Manufacturers Railroad Ave. 

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Chas. A. Stine, Agt 411 Chamber of Com. Bldg 

Plass, P. Ralph Tailor 224 Main St., East. 

Post Express Printing Co 5 South Water St. 

Powers Commercial Fire Proof Building Co Powers Bldg. 

Present, Philip Wholesale Jeweler 31 State St. 

Primrose, George L Mgr. S.S.White Dental Mfg. C0.507 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Protective Life Association George A. Oliver, Asst. Secy.. .249-251 Powers Bldg. 

Pulver Chemical Co Gum Manufacturers 25 N. Water St. 

Pulver, Theodore S City Clerk 31 City Hall, 

Race, Milton Tobacconist 121 Powers Bldg. 

Raines, Hon. George Lawyer 615 Powers Bldg. 

Raines & Miller Lawyers 11 Elwood Bldg. 

Rafter, George W Civil Engineer 63 Kenwood Ave. 

Reed, E P., & Co Manufacturers Shoes I79 St. Paul St. 

Reed, F. E Rochester Glass Works 380 Plymouth Ave. 

Rhees, Rush, D. D., LL. D. . . .President University of Rochester. 

Rich, H. H Secy, and Treas. Central Lyceum Bureau. 12 S. Water St. 

Ritter, Frank Dental Manufacturer 565 St. Paul St. 

Rochester Brick and Tile Mfg. Co., W. H. H. Rogers, Prest. and Treas., 243 Powers Bldg. 

Rochester Brokerage Co Collections, Real Estate 524-526 Powers Bldg. 

Rochester Business Institute 134 South Ave. 

Rochester Candy Works 407 State St. 

Rochester Carting Co 162-164 Andrews St. 

Rochester Car Wheel Works Leighton Ave. 

Rochester Cotton Mill Chas. E. Bartow, Agent 50 Commercial St. 

Rochester Distilling Co 81 Lake Ave. 

Rochester Fire Works Co 402 Main St., East. 

Rochester Gas and Electric Co. W. L. Cole, Secretary 84 Andrews St. 

Rochester German Insurance Co. . .H. F. Atwood, Secretary. ..19 Main St., West. 

Rochester Herald Co 3° Exchange St. 

Rochester Lead Works 380-382 Exchange St. 



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THE POWER CITY 



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Rochester Lens Co Dr. G. B. Gilbert, Manager. . . .65 Atlantic Ave. 

Rochester Lime Co Manufacturers Lime 209 Main St., West. 

Rochester Railway Co Hon. Frederick Cook, Pres't.. . .267 State St. 

Rochester Savings Bank Thos. H. Husband, Secretary. .47 Main St , West. 

Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Co., J, Moreau Smith, Prest.25 Exchange St. 

Rochester Telephone Co Chas. E. Stinson, Gen. Mgr. . .59 Stone St. 

Rock Asphalt Pavement Co 31 Insurance Bldg. 

Rodenbeck, Hon. A. J Lawyer 739 Powers Bldg. 

Rosenbloom, Morris Wholesale Jeweler 143 Main St., East. 

Ross, Lewis P Boots and Shoes at Wholesale. .60-66 St. Paul St. 

Rouse, Irving Nurseryman 981 Lake Ave. 

Sargent & Greenleaf Co Lock Manufacturers 178 Court St. 

Schaefer, H. A Coach Lace& Carriage Trimmings. 122 St. Paul St. 

Schlegel, Frederick, & Sons. . .Florists 770 South Ave. 

Schminke, G. & C Furniture Makers 137 Main St., East. 

Schwikert, Frank Billiard Table Manufacturer. . .32 South Ave. 

Scrantom, Wetmore & Co Books and Stationery 21-23 State St. 

Security Trust Co Edward Harris, President 103 Main St., East. 

Seel, J. A Grocer 293 Main St., East. 

Shantz, M. B., Co., Button Mfrs.H. K. Elston, Sec. and Treas.309 Cox Bldg. 

Shumaker, John T Mechanical Engineer Whitcomb House. 

Sibley, Hiram, Estate Real Estate 25 Triangle Bldg. 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co . . . .Wholesale & Retail Dry Goods. 132-136 Main St., East. 
Siddons, John, Co., The. . . .Copper & Galvanized Iron Work. .61-65 N. Water St. 

Sill Stove Works Manufacturers Stoves 524 Oak St. 

Skuse, Thomas Cooper Finney and Davis Sts. 

Sloan, Samuel, & Co Plumbers' Supplies 24 Exchange St. 

Smith, Beir & Gormly, Wholesale Dry Goods 37 St. Paul St. 

Smith, Perkins & Co Wholesale Grocers 15 Exchange St. 

Smith Premier Typewriter Co .Roy H. Jarrett, Manager 21 South Ave. 

Snow Wire Works 78 Exchange St. 

Snyder, J . B., Supply & Electric Co., Electric Supplies, Stoves & Ranges, 34-36 South Ave 

Solomon Brothers & Lempert. .Manufacturers Clothing 157 St. Paul St. 

Stacy, O. T., Co Confectionery Manufacturers. . 152 Clinton Ave , North. 

Stahlbrodt, Edward A Out-door Advertising 19 Mill St. 

Standard Sewer Pipe Co 8 Caledonia Ave. 

Stecher Lithographic Co 336 St. Paul St. 

Stein- Bloch Co Manufacturers Clothing 140 St. Paul St. 

Steitz, G. W., & Son Insurance 403 Granite Bldg. 

Stephens, Hon. .1. B. M Special County Judge Court House 

Stern, Charles, & Co Leather 23 Andrews St. 

Stevens, J. B , & vSon, Co Box Makers 18 Commercial St. 

Stone. H. D., Company Millers, Irving Mills Brown's Race. 

Stone. L L Commission Merchant ic8 Cox Bldg. 

Stower, W. D Insurance 304 Granite Bldg. 

Strasenburgh, R. J., Co Manufacturing Druggists 156-158 and 418 West Ave. 

Straus, Marcus, & Co Commission Merchants 77 Clinton Ave., North 

Strowger, Walter S Inventor 240 Monroe Ave. 

Sunmierhays, William, & Sons. Contractors 35-36 Smith Block. 

Sumner, Dr. Chas. R Ph^^sician 33 Clinton Ave,, South. 

Sutherland, Hon. W^m. A., Lawyer, and Pres. Genesee Valley Mfg. Co., 1005 Wilder Bldg. 



yS ROCHESTER 

THE POWER CITY 

Sweeney, George W Proprietor Livingston Hotel. . .Exchange St. 

Swift, T., & Son Gold Leaf Manufacturers 72 Spring St. 

Taylor Brothers Co Thermometer and Barometer Mfrs. 29-35 Elizabeth St. 

Taylor, John, & Sons Wholesale Hats and Caps 20 Front St. 

Teall & Sons Caterers 139 East Ave. 

Tegg, Albert, & Son Veterinarians 431 State St. 

Thompson, Thos. G., Jr Stable 26 Plymouth Ave. 

Thomson, Robert Bicycles, Etc i r East Ave. 

Title and Guarantee Co Ferderick Cook, President .... 19 Main St., West. 

Todd, Bancroft & Co Shoe Manufacturers 176 N. Water St. 

Trotter, C W., & Sons Furnaces. Ranges, Etc 7 East Ave. 

Tubbs, J . Nelson Civil Engineer 207 Wilder Bldg. 

Underhill, B. S Commercial School 790 Powers Bldg. 

Union and Advertiser Co Wm. F. Balkam, Treasurer. . . .22 Exchange St. 

Union Trust Co F. W. Zoller, Secretary 25 State St. 

United States Express Co M. W. Foreman, Agent 6r State St. 

Utz & Dunn Manufacturers Shoes 37 Canal St. 

Vacuum Oil Co i ith floor Granite Bldg. 

Vanderbilt Improvement Co. . . W. A. Parce, President 907 Chamber of Com. Bldg. 

Van Hoesen, Frank P Wall Paper. 43-45 Main St., East 

Van Reypen, Garrett D Installment Goods 146 State St. 

Vetter, August Prop. Vetter Desk Works 58 River St. 

Vogt Manufacturing and Coach Lace Co 332-334 St. Paul St. 

Vredenburg & Co Printing, Etc 33 N. Water St. 

Wackerman, George W Oxygen Gases 50 S. Ford St. 

Wadsworth, Herbert Avon, N. Y. 

Walter, J. A. P. , & Son 198 Hudson Ave. 

Warner's Safe Cure Co Proprietary Medicines 68 St. Paul St. 

Warren, A. Frank Real Estate 1123 Granite Bldg. 

Watkins, George B W. H. Glenny & Co 192 Main St., East. 

Watson, Thos. J Manager National Cash Register Co. 23 South Ave. 

Weaver, Palmer & Richmond. .Hardware, Etc 33 Main St., East. 

Wegman, Andrew J Printer and Engraver 35 St. Paul St. 

Wegman, William J Mattress Manufacturer 111-113 Mill St. 

Weis & Fisher Co Furniture 445 Clinton Ave., North. 

Weldon, George, & Co Paper Hangings 113 Main St., East. 

Wellington, Jones & Dean Lawyers 1126 Granite Bldg. 

Werner, Hon. William E Justice Supreme Court Court House. 

West, Charles C Coal and Wood 281 N. Union St. 

Whitcomb & Downs Propr's Whitcomb House 209 Main St., East. 

Whitmore, Rauber & Vicinus. .Stone Yard and Contractors . . .279 South Ave. 

Wickens, Dr. Vallance A Physician 289 West Ave. 

Wile, Julius M Mgr. Security Trust Co 103 Main St., East. 

Wilkins, Herve D Music Teacher 543 Powers Bldg. 

Williams, Sam B City Treasurer 16 City Hall. 

Wilson, J. C City Assessor 20 City Hall. 



ROCHESTER 

THE POWER CITY 



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Woodbury Whip Co Manufacturers Whips iii Allen St. 

Wood, W. H., & Co Manufacturers Boots and Shoes.286 Central Ave. 

Wool worth, F. W., & Co., Variety Store, F. E. Ward, Manager. 114 Main St., East. 

Wray, Henry, & Son Brass Founders 195 Mill St. 

Wright Brothers Coal 113 Wilder Bldg. 

Wright, John A. C Lawyer 28 Elwood Bldg. 

Wright, Peters & Co Shoe Manufacturers 207 Mill St. 

Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict. Remington Typewriters, B. P. Hamil, Mgr., 14 State St. 

Yates, A. G Rochester Savings Bank Bldg. 

Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co Office Furniture 340-350 St. Paul St. 

Yost, Charles H . . Auctioneer 5 Sophia St. 




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SCENE NEAR THE DUGWAY. 



PIANOS. 



The Old House" Does Not Sell "Haines & Co." Pianos. 




The Pianos that the Demo- 
crat and Chronicle stated were 
sold by very questionable 
methods — that the Herald 
stated those who purchased 
them were willing to exchange 
for accordions, are not now, 
nor ever have been sold by 
"THE OLD HOUSE." 

We Do Sell ^l^e Pianos 
= this house 
has sold for a quarter of a 
centur}'. Pianos that still 
lend their melodious sweetness °"« trade mapk 
to scores of homes — the products of the 
best manufacturers. EVERY PIANO 
FULLY GUARANTEED. Viewed from 
every standpoint, the best is cheapest 
in the end. 

Steinxva^^, 

standard of the 'World. 

" Crov^-ia/' 

The many toned Piano on which can be perfectly 
imitated sixteen different instruments. 

Ivers & Pond, 

Kranicli & Bacti, 

Ktirtz^itiann, 

Sterling, 

Smith & Barnes, 

Huntington. 

Sold on Terms to Suit Purchaser. 



J. W. Martin & Bro., 

Sign of the Drum. 73 STATE ST. 



CAUTIOIN. 

The buying public will please 
not confound "THE OLD 
HOUSE" with one of similar 
name started next door to us. 







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ESTABLISHED \Z26. 



SMITH, PERKINS & CO. 



WHOLESALE GROCERS 
AND IMPORTERS OF 
TEA AND COFFEE. 




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OUR COFFEE ROASTING 
PLANT IS EQUIPPED 
WITH THE LATEST 
AND BEST MACHINERY 



SMITH, PERKINS & CO. 



EXCHANGE ST., ROCHESTER, N. Y 



S2 



Rochester Savings Bank 



INCORPORA TED 1831. 

RESOURCES, JULY I, 1901, 



$20, 58 4., 5 1 2. 4.7 



SURPLUS, JUL V I, igoi. 



1,981,732-91 



NUMBER OF OPEN ACCOUNTS, 40,405. 




3iWr^ . ' ■ cJ s' %■ W -Tl 'V ' ' , ' ^^-^^'^ ■ 

:nlili!^llii>.:l!U!!i i I '•■!!« 




MONE Y LOANED 
ON 
BOND AND MORTGAGE, 
IN SUMS OF $10,000 
AND UNDER, 
AT 
FIVE PER CENT. 
OVER $10,000. 
AT 
FOUR AND ONE-H A LI- 
FER CENT. 



INTEREST ON DEPOSITS A T 

THE RA TE OF 

THREE AND ONE-HALF 

PER CENT. PER ANNUM, ON 

ALL ACCOUNTS 

UP TO $3,000. 



O FFICERS 1901 

JAMES BRACKETT, President. 
HOBART F. ATKINSON, ist Vice- President. EDWARD HARRIS. Attorney. 

FREDERICK COOK, 2d Vice-President. THOS. H. HUSBAND, Secretary. 

RUFUS A. SIBLEY. 3d Vice-President. HENRY S. HANFORD. Treasurer. 

TRUSTEES 



James Brackett, 
Edward Harris. 
Ho bar t F. Atkinson, 
Frederick Cook. 



Rufiis A. Sibley, 
Granger A. Hollister, 
Halberl S. Greenleaf. 
fames .S. I Vat son. 



Hiram JV. Sibley, 
Albert H. Harris. 
Erickson Perkins, 
Josiah Anstice, 



Thomas IV. Finiicane, 
Harold B. Brewster. 
George Eastman. 



VACUUM OILS 

Are made to fit every condition. 
They do their work better and 
cheaper than all others ; that is 
why they are used in every 
corner of the world where 
machinery runs. Abroad they are 
distributed from 171 warehouses, 
and at home are sold in every city. 

VACUUM OIL COMPANY 
Rochester N Y 



INCORPORA TED 1S50. 



Monroe County Savings "^ank. 

33 and js STATE STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



RESOURCES, 'January I, 1 90 1, 
SURPLUS, - - - - 



$14,218,352.18 
I,yi3,g3y.55 




OFFICERS FOR igo.i. 



JAMES E. BOOTH 'President. 
RUFUS K. DRYER, Vice-President. DAVID HO VT, Secretary and Treasurer. 

ALEXANDER M. LINDSAY, Vice-President. IVJ\I. B. LEE, Attorney. 

TRUSTEES. 



George Etlwangcr, 
Geo. G. Clarkson. 
Cyrus E. Paine, 
James E. Booth, 



At ex. M. Lindsay, 
Rufus K. Dryer, 
Eugene T. Curtis, 
Marvin A. Culver, 



Elia^ S. Ettenheimer. 
Henry A. Strong, 
IVilliam Hamilton, 
Thomas J. Devine, 

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U'm. B. Lee, 
Edward W. Peck, 
Pharcellus V. Crittenden. 



" KODAK 

Stands for all that is 
Best in Photography 

To tKe Perfection of 
Kodak construction, to tKe 
perfection of tKe Kodak 
mecKanism, to tKe perfection 
of tKe Kodak lenses, is due tKe 

Triumph of Kodakery. 



All KodaKs Load in DayligKt witH our Transparent 
Film Cartridges. Several styles txse eitKer films or 
plates. Sixty-four page catalogue, describing' tKem in 
detail, free at tKe KodaK dealers or by mail. 



EASTMAN KODAK CO. 

RocHester, N. Y. 



Mechanics Savings Bank 



iS EXCHANGE STREET 



Jn/eres/ allowed on accoimts of $Soo and tinder at the rate of 4. per cent, per annum. 
On accounts exceeding $800, j 1-2 per cent, on whole account. 

Money loaned on bond and mortgage in sums of $10,000 and under at j per cent. 
Ch>er $10,000 at 4 1-2 per cent. 




President, SAMUEL SLOAN. 

Vice-Presidents, C. M. EVEREST, J. J. BAUSCH. 

Secretary and Treasurer, ARTHUR LUETCHFORD. 

Attorney, WILLIAM B. HALE. 



TRU.STEES 

Oliver Allen, Jerome Keyes, A. P. Little, Samuel Sloan, George Weldon, 

Wm. R. Seward, John J. Bausch, Charles M. Everest, Louis J. Ernst, 

S. G. Hollister, Jas. H. Boucher, W. J. Curtis, William Karle. 

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Tm RED CROSS VICTOR RANGE 



COMBINATION GAS AND GOAL. 



A Study in 
Planished Steel. 



A Triumph of 
Rochester Mechanism, 




MANUFACTURED BY 



GO-OPERATIVE FOUNDRY GO, 



FOR SALE BY 



H. LESTER, 156 West Main St., cor. Washington. 

H. B. GRAVES, 74-76-78 State St., cor. Market. 

WM. J. BRAYER, 3S5 Jay .St., cor. Childs. 

J. SAGE, 402 State Street. 

D. Mccormick, 52.S state street. 

KRAUSNECK & YAUCHZI, 307 I,ake Avenue. 



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KENNEDY & CO., 22 .South Avenue. 
J. H. BROWN, 372 North .St., cor. Woodward. 
WM. ROHR, First Avenue, cor. Central Park. 
L. J. MARCHAND, 2S>; Main .Street, East. 
CHARLES SHULTZ, 672 Clinton Avenue, North. 
L. STRAUSS, 533 Joseph Avenue. 



United States, State and City Depositary. 

Traders National Bank, 

ROCHESTER, N. V. 
43 and 45 STATE STREET. 



CAPITAL, $250,000.00. SURPLUS, $650,000.00 



HENR Y C. BRE WSTER, President. 
CHARLES H. PALMER, Cashier. 
CARROLL E. BO WEN, Asst. CasJiier. 
EDWARD D. CHAPIN, Siipt. Safe Deposit Vaults. 



T/ioroug/ily equipped for pronipt and efficient service in every department of 
Banking Business. 

Inquiry invited from t/iose seeking nciv or additional Banking facilities. 

Especial attention accorded to ladies and tliosc unaccustomed to transacting business. 



Safe Deposit Vaults ''.'"fflitlR "i^iioP 

Exceptionally large and secure, 7cith ample accompanying 

conveniences for box renters. 
Secure storage for papers or more bulky valuables at 

reasonable rates. 



DIRECTORS: 



HEA'RV C. nkFAVSl^EK, PresideiU. CHARLES H. PALMER, Cashier. 

GEORGE C. BUELL, George C. BiteU dr' Co.. STEPHE.X REMLXGTO.W Capi/alisi. 

Wholesale Grocers. 



CLLXTOX ROGER.S. Hoiue C" Rogers Co.. 
Carpets. 



CHARLES P. FORD, C. P. Ford c^ Co.. Shoe 

Man tt/ac/u rers. 
FREDERICK C. LOEKS. President American ^- ^- ^^LLY, Attorney at La7u. 

Brewing Co. ELF M. UPTON, Maltster, Etc. 



H\ A. HUBBARD, JR. 
Pres.and Treas. 



L. D. ELDREDGE, 
Vice- Pre s. 



ERED. S. MILLER, 
Secretary. 



Hubbard & Eldredge Co. 



[FORMERLY I. H. DEWEY FrRNITURE CO.) 



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ijjiil! Ins,.,;-, ' 

ri'illiffffll: ■ -—w^M 




■^'^^^tmsn^ 



^^^:!^±^5v«E^ 



Fancv Rockers 



CORNER LYELL AVENUE AND WEST STREET, 



Rochester^ N, Y, 



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THE CENTRAL BANK 

OF ROCHESTER. 
OFFICE, WILDER BUILDING. 

Bank open froin to a. in. to 4. p. vi. Satuj'days close at 12. 



Capital, 

Surplus and Undivided Profits, 



$200,000 
12^,000 



BEN/ AM IN E. CHASE, 
FRANK S. UPTON, 
CHARLES E. HOYT. 
HENRY R. EAST. 
E RICK SON PERKINS, 



OFFICERS : 



BENJAMIN E. CHASE, President. 
GEORGE WILDER, Vice-President. 
lOHN H. GREGORY, Casliier. 



DIRECTORS: 

JOHNSON I. ROBINS, 
W. H. MATHEWS, 
HAROLD P. BREWSTER, 
WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND, 
GEORGE WILDER, 



WM. R. PETERS, 
WILLIAM PITKIN, 
BERNARD DUNN, 
JOHN P. BOWMAN, 
JOHN H. GREGORY. 



NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS r 

FOURTH AND LINCOLN NATIONAL BANKS, 
METROPOLITAN TRUST CO. 



Foreign Drafts issued on all parts of tJie zvorld. 

Letters of Credit available for foreign travel. 

Interest alloived on special deposits. 

We respectfully solicit the accounts of Corporations, Firms, and Indi- 
viduals, and are prepared akvays to furnish such depositors witJi business 
facilities consistent ivith their balances and standifig. 

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ROBERT MATHEWS, 



J. H. BOTTOHER. 



MATIIE\¥8 & BOUCHER, 



>LESALE AND RETAIL. 



HARDWARE MERCHANTS 



BUILDEHS' 
HARD-^VAKE. 



CARPENTERS' 



MANtJFAC- 

TUKERH' 
SUPPLIES. 

HOUSE 

FURNISHING 

GOODS. 

HORSE 
BLANKETS. 




AGRICULTURAL 
TOOLS. 

TINNERS 
SUPPLIES, 

SKATES 
AND 

SLEDS. 

CUTLERr 

AND 

BICrCLES. 

OIL 
CLOTHS. 



26 EXCHANGE ST., ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



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German- American Bank 



OF ROCHESTER 



189 r. 

CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $ 300, 302. g4 
DEPOSITS, - - J. 37 4-33 5 -27 

igoi. 

CAPITAL AXD SURPLUS, $ 460,400.48 
DEPOSITS, - - 3.046,137.80 



Accounts of co7-poraiio)is, firms and i)uiividu- 
als solicited. 

Special attention paid to collections. 



OFFICERS 



FREDERICK COOK, President. 

EUGENE H. SATTERLEE, Vice-President. 

ALBRECHT VOGT, 2d Vice-President. 

FREDERIC P. ALLEN, Cashier. 

WILLIAM B. FARNHAM. Assistant Cashier 




DIRECTOR S 

FREDERICK COO A', President. 
EUGENE H. SATTERLEE, Sattertee, Yeoman fir' Taylor. 

ALBRECHT VOGT, President Vogt Manufacturing and Coach Lace Co. 
EDWARD W. PECK, Secretary Co-Operative Foundry Co. 

RUE US K. DRYER, Vice-President The James Cunningham, Son &= Co. 

MATH IAS KONDOLF, Vice-President Bartholomay and Geneses Bre-very Companies. 
JACOB GERLING, President Gerling Bros. Milling Co. 

HENRY HEBING, Merchant, Hardware, Iron and Steel. 
LOUIS GRIESHEIMER, Louis Griesheimer b' Co. 

WALTER B. DUFFY, President New York &" Kentucky Co. 

EDWARD BAUSCH, Vice-President Bausch fir' Lomb Optical Co. 
J. LEE JUDSON, President Rochester Gas and Electric Company. 

GUSTAVE ERBE, Treasurer Yawman &' Erbe Manufacturing Co. 

AUGUSTUS M. MACDONELI^, Broker, Metnber New York Stock Exchange. 
GEORGE W. ALDRIDGE, Ex-Superintendent Public Works. 



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PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE. 

CUTLER BUILDING, 

General Offices of the 

CUTLER MANUFACTURING CO. 

Sole Makers 

U.S. MAIL CHUTE, CUTLER MAILING SYSTEM 

INSTALLED IN HOTELS, PUBLIC BUILDINQS, APARTMENTS AND 

OFFICE BUILDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 

U. S. FREE COLLECTION SERVICE. 



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I^Gchester (Sas and Glecfric (Jompany. 



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THE LARGEST MAKERS OF 



FINE TRUNKS 



IN THE WORIvD. 



LYELL AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 




HE.NRV LIKLY ii CO.'S TRUNK MANUFACTORY, LYELL AVENUE. 

VISITORS TO ROCHESTER ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL 

AND SEE US. 



Retail Salesrooms, 155 Main Street, East. 



HENRY LIKLY & COMPANY. 



ESTABLISHED 1844. 



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THIS EDITION OF "ROCHESTER. THE POWER CITY," 

- IS TH F 

PRODUCT OF THE UNION AND ADVERTISER COMPANY 



Security Trust Company 



CAPITAL, $200,000. 



SURPLUS, $2^5,000. 



This Company is authorized to act as Executor, Trustee, Aduiiiiistrator, or Assignee, 
transacts a general Banking Business, and solicits the accounts of fiims and individuals. 
Allows interest on deposits subject to check. Loans money on Bond and Dlortgage and 
Approved Securities. 

SAFES TO RENT IN SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT, $3x0 A YEAR AND UPWARDS. 



Foreign 

Exchange 

and 

Letters 

of Credit 

at Lowest 

Rates. 




Storage 

for 

Silverware, 

Trunks, 

a /id 

Valuable 

Merchandise 



OFFICERS 



EDWARD HARRIS. President. 

JAMES S. WATSON, ] j;;,. presidents. 
ALEX. M. LINDSAY. ) 



JULIUS M. WILE. Manager. 
FRANK M. ELLER Y. Secretary. 
HARRIS Of HARRIS, Counsel 



Edward Harris, 
Hiram W. Sibley. 
Alexander M. Lindsay, 
James S. Watson. 
J. Lee Judson, 



TRUSTEES 



George Eastman, 
Rufits K. Dryer, 
Albert H. Harris, 
R It Jus A. Sibley, 
Julius M. Wile, 



Granger A. Hollister, 
Win. E. Werner, 
Gilbert Brady, 
Joseph T. Alting, 
Thomas W. Finucane, 



E S. Et ten he inter, 
Charles E. Bayliss, 
Charles Stern, 
Charles M. Everest, 
Carl F. Lomb. 



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V. 



A STORE FOR MEN. 




THis little volume, descriptive of Rochester's 
commercial interests, naturally falls into the 
hands of men. It is to men, therefore, that 

we will speak particularly through it. = 

For years we have been dispelling man's 
inborn antipathy for a dry goods store. We 
have been educating him to the fact that there 
is at least one dry goods store which it is for 
his interest to be thoroughly acquainted with. 
Men are learning that this is an excellent 
place to get 

THEIR FURNISHINGS, 
THEIR SHOES, TO HAVE 
THEIR CLOTHES MADE, 

— in fact, to supply most of their personal 
needs as well as those of the family and 
home. - - 

LET US KNOW EACH 
OTHER STILL BETTER. 

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. 



98 



The East Side Savings Bank 



OF ROCHESTER. 

COR. MAIN STREET, EAST, AND CLEVTON AVENUE, SOUTH. 

Incorporated, iSbq. 

$3,950,580.31 
272,050.30 



RESOURCES, JANUARY /, igoi, 
SURPLUS, 



Jiiterest allotved 

on 
all deposits up 10 
and including 
S3,ooo, 
at three and one- 
half per cent. 



Money loatied 

on 

bond and 

mortgage at 

four and one-half 

per cent., 

in sums of 

$10,000 and over 

All sums 

less than $10,000 

at 

five per cent. 




OEEJCERS. 

fIRAH B. MOSELEY, President. 
BENfAMIN E. CHASE ,nid STEPHEN REMINGTON, Vice-Presidents. 
PLATT B. VIELE, Secretary and Treasurer. CASSIUS C. DAVY, Attorney. 



Erastus Darroiv, 
Jolin M. Davy, 
Jirali B. Moseley, 
Edwin S. Hayrvard. 



TRUSTEES. 



Stephen Remington . 
Cassius C. Davy, 
Benjamin E. Chase, 



Adoip/i F. Schlick. 
IV. Henry Matheivs, 
William R. Peters, 



William H. Gorsline, 
George B. Wat kins, 
Alexander B. Lamberton. 



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CITIZENS* LIGHT & POWER 
COMPANY 



ELECTRIC LIGHT 
AND POWER:::::::: 



95 STATE STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



THE JAMES CUNNINGHAM, 
SON & COMPANY 



BUILDERS OF 

FINE HEARSES, CASKET WAGONS, 
AMBULANCES, COACHES, LANDAUS, 
BROUGHAMS AND CABRIOLETS. 

We have a number of second-hand Hearses and Carriages which we 

are offering at reasonable prices. 

Correspondence solicited. 

PHOTOGRAPHS AND DESCRIPTIONS MAILED ON APPLICATION. 



REPOSITORIES: 
CHICAGO. ILL. ST. LOUIS, MO, 

BOSTON. MASS. NEW YORK CITY. 



FACTORY : 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



ALLIANCE BANK 



ORGANIZED JUNE /, 1893. 

Rank of Monroe Consolidated. 

November /j, /900. 



HOBART F. ATKINSON, President. 

JAMES G. CUTLER, Vice-President. ALBERT O. FENN, Vice-Pres. and Cashier. 

JOHN P. PALMER, Assistant Casliier. 



Hiram W Sibley, 
Atbert O. Fenn, 
Hobart F. Atkinson, 
Charles E. Anffle, 
Fernando E. Rogers, 



DIRECTORS. 

John C. Woodbury, 
Abram J. Katz, 
James G. Cutler, 
George Eastman, 



James S Watson, 
Thomas W. Finucane, 
Walter S. Hubbell, 
Charles B. Hudson. 




CAPITAL, $2j3,ooo. 

SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS, $ 132,642. jp. 

RESOURCES, $4,097,785.48. 

DEPOSITS. 

June I, 1S9S, $J3,^S/ jS June i, iSgs, $6Sg,56g.20 June i, iSgj, $8^6,840.06 

" " ^Ht< 435-373 96 " '■ ^Sg6, 6gi;l2gg.jS " " rSg8, g86,^j8.jo 

Junej,j8gg, ■S/,6j7/S'^-3S June /, /goo, $1 ,S40,Sj4.go 

June I, iqoi, $3, sgo, 143.09. 



AS GOOD AS ANY. 



BETTER THAN MANY, 



THAT MEANS OUR SHOES. 




E, p. REED & CO., 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
St. Paul and River Streets. 



SHOEMAKERS FOR WOMEN. 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 
127 Duane Street. 



CHICAGO, ILL. 
147 Fifth Avenue. 



SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 

523 Market Street. 



COMMERCIAL BANK, 



47 MAIN STREET, EAST, 
ROCHESTER, N. V. 



OFFICE HOURS, 10 A. M. TO h P. M. 




CAPITAL, $200,000. 

SURPLUS, $130,000. 



Commercial Ba7ik, April, /S/j. 

Com7)iercial National Bank, June, 1878. 

Commercial Bank, May, iSgi. 



OFFICERS. 



CHAS. H. BABCOCK, 
President. 

H. A I 'S TIN BRE WS TER, 
1st Vice-President. 

HENRY D. STONE, 
2d ] 'ice-President. 

THOMA S /. S J VAN TON, 
Cashier. 



DIRECTORS. 



//. A. Brewster, C. H. Babcock, 

H. W. Davis, L. P. Ross, 

Henry D. Stone, Isaac Willis, 

R. M. Myers, Simeon G. Curtice, 

Josiah Anstice, C/ias. J. Browti, 

Frederick A. S/ierwood. 



N. V. CORRESPONDENT, AMERICAN ENCHANGE NATIONAL BANK. 
Interest Allowed on Special Deposits. 
FOREIGN DRAFTS ISSUED OX ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 

10.-, 



ESTABLISHED 1868. INCORPORATED 1901. 

S. G. Curtice, President. 

E. N. Curtice, Vice-President and Treasurer. 

R. A. Badger, Secretary. 



CURTICE BROTHERS CO. 

^ =Preservers. 



CANNED FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND 
MEATS, JAMS, JELLIES AND PRESERVES. 
— . TABLE DELICACIES. = 



Blue Label Ketchup and Soups 



ROCH ESTE R. N. Y 



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Desigtiatcd Depositary of tlic I 'nilcd States, 
State of Neiu ) 'ork, and City of Rocliester. 

^ Flour City National Bank 



OF ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



CAPITAL, $300,000. 



SURPLUS, $130,000. 




OFFICERS. 

President, C. C. WOOD IVOR TH. 

ist Vice-President, WM. C. BARRY. 2d Vice-President, E. FRAXK BREWSTER. 

Cashier, PETER A. VAY. Assista7it Cashier, ED WL\ W. BURTON. 

DIRECTORS. 

George Ellwanger, Alexander B. Hone, E. Frank Brewster, Letd Adler, 

Charles W. IVeis. S. F. Jenkins, Jr., Wni. C. Barry, C. C. Woodworth, 

John J. L. Friederich, J. />'. Perkins, Joseph T. Ailing, Riifiis B. Sherburne. 

105 



GEORGE C. BUELL. A. BYRON SMITH. W. H. AVERELL. 



ESTABLISHED 1844. 



GEORGE C. BUELL & Co. 

IMPORTERS AND 

Wholesale Grocers, 

37 and 39 EXCHANGE STREET, 

AND 30 and 32 IRVING PLACE, 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

Warehouse, Erie Canal, corner South Washington Street. 
Branch House 152, 154, 156 State Street, Auburn, N. Y. 




EAGLE JAPAPS TEAS, 

EAGLE CEYLOIN TEAS, 

EAGLE COFFEES, 

EAGLE SPICES, 

EAGLE CAINPSED GOODS. 



106 



Rochester 

Trust and Safe Deposit Co. 



Located in their Fire-I'roof Jhiildini^ 



No. 25 EXCHANGE STREET, 
ROCHESTER. N V. 



CAPITAL. 

SURPLUS, 

RESOURCES. 



$ 200,000.00. 

6 J 0,000 00. 

g,joo,ooo.oo. 



Designated by Order of t/ie Supreme Court as 
a Legal Depository. 

Authorised to act as Executor, Administrator, 
Guardian, Trustee, Etc. 



IN teres t allo wed 
on deposits. 



I 



f— 







Loans Made on Approved Securities. IVi/i 

draw Drafts on Europe, and issue 

Letters of Credit. 



SAFES RENTED IN BURGLAR-PROOF I'AULT. 

J. MO RE A U SMITH, President. V. MORE A U SMITH, Secretary. 

R. C. WATSON, Assistant Secretary. 
107 



Establi6bc^ 1871. 
1Rcccivc^ Ibiiibcst awal•^ at tbc '^nnorl^'s jFair, Cbicago, 18^33. 




iji*. 



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mc m.,c a Spccalt, of jf Olbllig IBOX CS 

a,^,F c ILitbooiapbic Mork §Sin 

Capacitv?, ©ver a /IMllion Moies per 2)a\2. 

Stcchcr XithOi3rapbic (^ompanv^ 
1RocbC9tcr, 1R. 1^. 



loS 



UNION TRUST COMPANY 



2S STATE STREET. 

CAPITAL, $200,000. SJ'RPI.l'S. $80445.51. RESOLRCES, $2,392,418.67. 



Transacts 

a 

General Trust 

and 

Banking 

Business. 

'^ 

Legal 
Depository 

for 

Court and 

Trust Funds. 

Interest 

Alloived on 

Special 

Deposits. 

4% 




Registrar 

for 

Corporations. 



Money 

to Loan on 

Mortgage 

or 
Approved 
Collateral. 



Issues 

Drafts and 

Letters 

of ^ 
Credit. 



OFFICERS : 
FRANK TAYI/OR, President. GEORGE WEI/DON, 2d Vice-President. 

ABRAM E. WOI/JvF, ist Vice-President. FREDERICK W. ZOLI^ER, Secretary. 

DIRECTORS: 

Benjamin E. Chase, Erickson Perkins, G. Elbert Taylor, Abram H. 'Wollf, 

Thomas R. Levis, Frank Taylor, James Downs, Charles I<. Yates, 

George C. Seager, George Weldon, C. Walter Smith, Frederick W. poller. 

James D. Casey. J. Elwood McKelvey, 

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PITTSBURaH 
PLATE GMiASS COMPANY, 

COR. HUDSON AND VANDAM STREETS, 
NEW YORK. 

^V. W. HEROT, General Easterx Manager. 



LARGEST PRODUCERS OF POLISHED PLATE GLASS IN THE WORLD. MAN- 
UFACTURERS OF MIRROR PLATES. PLAIN AND BEVELED. IMPORTERS 
OF FRENCH WINDOW AND PICTURE GLASS. NEW YORK AGENTS FOR 
"JEANETTE" BRAND AMERICAN WINDOW GLASS. RIBBED, ROUGH, 
GROUND AND ORNAMENTAL GLASS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. YOUR 
^__, INQUIRIES AND ORDERS SOLICITED — ^rr 



CHAS. A. STINE. Resident Agent. 
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. - ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



LONG Distance Telephone. 



General Distribctters of " PATTON'S SUN-PROOF PAINTS. 



CHAS. VOGEL, PRESIDENT, FKED'K S. ROGERS, VICE-PRES'T, SEC'V AND TREAS. 

Theodore J. Vogel. sup't. 



THE 
JOHN SIDDONS COMPANY, 



ROOFING. 



COPPER AND GALVANIZED IRON CORNICE WORKS 

61, 63, 65 NORTH WATER ST., 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



T'M Fidelity Trust Company 
OF Rochester, N. V. 



POIVF.RS BIILDI.XG. COR. WEST MAIN AND STATE STREETS. 



CAPITAL, $200,000. 



SURPLUS, $100,000. 



PAYS INTEREST ON SPECIAL DEPOSITS 
AND CERTIFICATES. SELLS FOREIGN 

EXCHANGE AND LETTERS OF CREDIT. 



Authorized by Law to act as Executor, Ad))iiiiistraior, Guardian, Coiiiiuittee, Trustee, 
Receiver, Assignee, Registrar, Transfer Agent, Fiscal Agent. 



TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BCS/NESS. 



OFFICERS : 

LEWIS P. ROSS, President. 
J. LEE JUDSON, Vice-President. EDWARD BAUSCH, Vice-President. 

JOHN CRAIG PO IVERS, Secretary. GEORGE J. KE YES, Asst. Secretary. 

TRUSTEES : 



Rujiis K. Dryer, 
James E. Booth, 
Walter W. Powers, 
L. L. Williams, 
J. B. Perkins, 



J. J, L. Friederich, 
Abram J. Katz, 
/. Lee Judson, 
A. B. Hone, 
IV, R. Seward, 



L. P. Ross, 
John Craig Poivers, 
Arthur T. Hagen, 
Joseph Michaels, 
John C. Woodbury, 



Frederick C. Loebs, 
Edward Baitsch, 
Walter B. Duffy. 
A. 0. Fenn, 
Louis J, Ernst. 



Patronize your Home Institution before Insuring with Foreign Companies. 

The Rochester 

German Insurance (company, 

Office, 
Company's Building, West Main Street corner Ir'.^ing Place. 

STATEMENT, JANUARY 1, 1901. 

Cash Capital. $200,000.00 

Reserve for Re-Insurance 379,193.52 

Reserve for Unpaid Losses and Other Liabilities 27,500.63 

NET SURPLUS 571,920. 95 

Gross Assets $1,178,615.10 

HON. FREDERICK COOK. President. 
EUGENE H. SATTERLEE, Vice-President. ALBRECHT VOGT, 2d Vice-President. 

H. F. ATWOOD. Secretary. J. FLETCHER CAMP, Asst. Secretary. 



Archer Manufacturing Co,, 




Ma nil fact urns of 

PATENT BARBER, DENTIST and 
SURGEON CHAIRS, 
PIANO STOOLS, Etc. 



Our New Pedestal Barber Chair. 

THE— ROCHESTER. 

The Handsomest, Strongest, Most Solid, 
Durable, Convenient, and Connfortable 
Barber Chair in the world. 
All Movements — Reclining. Revolving on Ball Bearings, with Extension Foot-rest. 
Raising and Lowering Mechanical Device. No oil or liquid used. 

Factory and Principal Office, ROCHESTER, N. Y., U. S. A. 

BRANCH OFFICE : 

169 Canal Street. New York City, U. S. A. 



Title and Guarantee Co. 

OF ROCHESTER. 

10th FLOOR, IINSURAPSCE B U I L D I IN G . 
FREDERICK COOK, President. BEINJAMIIN B. CHACE, Secretary. 




SURETY BONDS. 

SEARCHES ON REAL ESTATE. 

REAL ESTATE CARED FOR. 

MORTGAGES FOR SALE. 



IRVIING ROUSE, 

WHOLESALE NURSERYMAN. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



U 



«% 




^^ 



CAR LOTS OF 



STANDARD AND DWARF PEAR, 
CHERRY AND PLUM TREES. 



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O) 
















CD 

^ Qi 



IS 



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ur 



Specialty 



IS 



Dry Goods 

'Wholesale-Retail) 

that 
Satisfy. 




BURKE, FiTZSinONS, 
HONE & CO. 



; 



ESTABLISHED 1857. 



HOWE & ROGERS CO 



ROCHESTER, N. Y., 



Extend an invitation to in- 
spect the largest assortment 
of carefully -selected 

CARPETINGS 
AND 
FLOOR 
FURNISHINGS. 

An unequaled collection of 

ORIENTAL 
CARPETS 
AND RUGS, 

embracing choice antique and 
modern examples of Turkish, 
Persian, and Indian art ; and 
also an extensive and varied 
collection of newest and 
choicest novelties in 

DRAPERY 
AND 

UPHOLSTERY 
GOODS, 

of beautiful effects and artistic 
design. 

The large range of fabrics I 
contains something of interest 
to everyone who visits these 
departments. 




HOWE & ROGERS CO., 

80-84 State Street, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



ii8 



■:^-€i^»^S'^S=^^'^'^'-S^^i 



I BEADLE & SHERBURNE CO., 



142 to 154 MAIN STREET. EAST. 



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. n i[ if, 'H I _ I , . L« 

rf ■ I. -* , ", ;r» r-> -r-'f 

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I DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, 
I GARMENTS, SHOES. 



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LrC>^:wsc^^'^'s>?^-'^^ 



EVERYTHING IN 



ROCHESTER REAL ESTATE 



MANUFACTURING BUILDINGS AND 

SITES ON RAILROADS, ERIE CANAL, 

=ETC, ETC E 

Buildings Erected on tO to 20 Years' Lease, at Reasonable 

Rental 



COTTAGE HOUSES * ^°' %^^^^\^^^^^ and upwards. 

( ror Kent at $5 a month and upwards. 

2>^-STORY HOUSES ( For Sale at $2000 and upwards. 

with improvements, ( For Rent at $20 a month and upwards. 

FLATS for rent at $7 a month and upwards. 



H. H. GARFIELD, Manager Loan and Rental Departments. 
M. S. GARFIELD, Manager Insurance and Collection Departments. 



ROCHESTER 

TELEPHONE, 

3J4 



^CFGarfieldv 
Real Estate Broker J 

310,312,314,316,318 POWERS BL'K. 



Long Distance 

Bell Telephone 

327. 



ROCHESTER, THE POWER CITY, PRESENTS A 
SPLENDID FIELD FOR THE CAREFUL INVESTOR. 



ITngmtre ^ IDbompeon, 




jFuneral 
directors 



04 Clinton Hvcnuc, South, 



1RocbC0tci% 1R. U?, 



Otis Elevator Company 

Successors to The Graves Elevator Co. 



PASSENGER MND 
FREIGHT ELEVJiTORS 
FOR, ALL PURPOSES. 



•X\*?nUi^* 




198^210 
COMMERCIJtL ST., 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



C. I,. GRIFFETH, Pres. and Treas. A. S. COl/EBROOK, Vice-Pres and Sec'y. 

rUM ROCHESTER 
CANDY WORRiS 




-. . -^^'i^^gjf*- 



*€' 



Manufacturers of 

THE DELICIOUS" 

Brand HigK Grade Confectionery* 

407, 409, 411 State St., RocHester, N. Y. 



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HENRY A. SCHAEFER, 




Manufacturer of 







mrm-^-^ 






COACH LACE, 

CANOPY FRINGE, 

CARRIAGE, 

HEARSE, 

and 

CASKET TRIMMINGS. 



COR. ST. PAUL AND ANDREWS STS., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



EDWARD J. MILLSPAUGH. 

Utica, N. Y. 



DOUGLAS N. GREEN. 
Syracuse, N. Y. 



MILLSPAUGH & GREEN, 



SALES AGENTS 



THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON COMPANY'S 
ANTH RACIT E (^Q AL S^ 



E S A L E 
ETA IL 



Dealers in 



CANNEL COAL, =^^^^^ and 

For Open Grates. 



PITTSBURGH COAL, 

For Steaming Purposes. 



Retail Coal Delivered in Bags. 100 lbs. Coal in a Bag, 20 Bags to the Ton. 



OFFICES: 

Mann Building, Utica, N. Y. Gridley Building, Syracuse, N. Y. 

9 State Street. Rochester, N. Y. 



C. S. KELLOGG, Local Manager, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y 



124 



Rocbc$fcr'$ Complete Book Store 



'■pWO VIEWS 
are here given 
of the largest 
Book Store be- 
tween New York 
City and Chicago 
— that of 

Scrantom, 
(Uetittorc $( 
Company, 

which is located 
in the fa m o u s 
Powers Building, 
with entrances on 
both State and 
Main Streets. 

In addition to 
Books, this long- 
established firm 
does a large busi- 
ness in 

STATIOXERY, 

LEATHER 

GOODS, 

PICTURES AM) 

FRAMES, 

SCHOOL 

SUPPLIES, 

OFFICE 

SUPPLIES, 

GAMES A\D 

SPORTING 

GOODS, 

and operates a 
plant of its own 

for the production 
of 

SOCIETY AND 
COMMERCIAL 
ENGRAVING. 




RETAIL BOOK DEPARTMENT. 




■KCTION oE WHOLESALE SAMILE RCOM. 



Scrantom, Wetmore Sf Co.'s Book and Stationery Establishment. 



125 



W. E. WOODBURY & CO., i 



15 STORES. 



Grocers. 



15 Stores. 



ROCHESTER. BATAVIA, GENEVA, ALBION, ELMIRA. |: 



?ls®0®®®W®®«:s«:S^sOw«;S?;sCTftM:S%ws«^^^ 



HIGGINS- 

ALMSTEAD 

CO., 

MANUFACTURERS 
AND DEAIvERS IN 

Electric Supplies, 
Gas and 
Electric Fixtures. 



59 STATE STREET, 
ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



TELEPHONE III. 



O. T. STACY CO. 



MANfKACTURERS OF 



Chocolates and 
BON-BONS 

FOR THE FINEST RETAIL TRADE. 
152 TO 160 

CLINTON AVE., NORTH, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



O. T. Stacy, President. 

H. M. Hill, Vice-President and Secretary. 

J. A. Bush, Treasurer. 



Rochester's Leading 
Retail Clothing Store. 



Famous throughout Western New York for the rehable character c 
of its merchandise, its courteous and liberal treatment of visitors, g 
and the superlative excellence of its values. J 



The Union Clothing Company. 



126 



DUFFY'S PURE 
MALT WHISKEY 




MEDICINE, FOR ALL MANKIND. 

"W^rite for Free BooKlet. 

DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



127 



ESTABLISHED 1839 



John C. Moore 

Fine Blank Books 
Printing, Binding 



$ixty=two years 
of Book=makitig 

HAVE TAUGHT US 
WELL THE LESSON 
OF HOW TO MAKE 
SUBSTANTIAL BLANK 
BOOKS OUR 

Printing Department 

IS SUPPLIED WITH 
EVERY APPLIANCE 
FOR THE PRODUC- 
TION OF HlGH-G?iADE 
WORK, 



35 St. Vaul Street 

Rochester, NeW Yorli, 





THE POWERS HOTEL 

ABSOLUTELY FIRE=PR0OF. THE ONLY FIRST CLASS HOTEL IN THE CITY. 



m 

THE 

POWERS 

RESTAURANT, 

32 

West Main Street 







-:;;tM-;i-'i;n;;:'i! 



^1^ 



THE 
POWERS 
BUFFET, 

28 
West Main Street 



WESLEY CROUCH & SON, Proprietors, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



12S 



S. J. VV»'a\«T. OrifJ I). Palmer. Lee Richmond. 

WEAVER, PALMER & RICHMOND, 

31, 33, 35 Main Street, East; 12-14 Mill Street, 

^o^^^^ HARDWARE gu^"-": 



Artistic 
Builders' Hardware, 

Fine 
Mechanics' Tools, 

Table and 
Pocket Cutlery, 

House Furnishing 
Goods, 

Agricultural 
Implements, 

Dairy Supplies, 

Poultrymen's Supplies, 

Fruit Evaporators' 
Supplies. 




SPECIAL AGEr»JCIES: 



COLUMBIAN CORDAGE CO. — Ropes and 
Binder Twines. 

OLIVER CHILLED PLOW CO. - Plows. 

S. L. ALLEIN & CO. Planet Jr. Cultivators 
and Garden Tools. 

THE CARBORUNDUIV1 CO. - Carborundum 

Wheels and Hones. 
J. K. WILDER & SONS. Feed Cutters and 

Ensilage Machines. 



GOODELL CO. Apple Parers. 

BATCHELLER & SONS CO. - Hay and 
Manure Forks. 

O. AMES & SON'S CORP. - Shovels and 
Scoops. 

LANDERS. FRARY & CLARK. -Table 
Cutlery. 

ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Refriger- 
ators. 



129 




SAM GOTTRY CARTIMG CO., 

FURNITURE AMD PIAINO MOVERS. 



OFFICh, 12 hXCHANOE STREET. 
Telephone 1412 or 643. 



Freight Delivered from all Railroads. 




Movers of Safes and Machinery. 


MTM. B. MORSE 


PULLMAN 


(Sl SON5, 




SASH BALANCE 
CO., 

Makers of the 


Lumber 
Dea lers 




'^ PULLMAN'' 
HARDWARE 

SPECIALTIES 

AND 

SPRING SASH BALANCES. 

On sale in every first-class hardware store 
on the globe. 


ROCHESTER, N. 


Y. 


Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A. 



NATIONAL CASKET COMPANY 



^ROCHESTER, N. Y.= 



B. E. CHASE, 

TREASURER. 




18 DISTRIBUTING POINTS: 



ALBANY. N. Y, 

ALLEGHENY, PA. 

BALTIMORE. MD. 

BOSTON. MASS. 

BUFFALO. N. Y. 

BROOKLYN. N. Y. 
CHICAGO. ILL. 

NASHVILLE. TENN. 

HOBOKEN. N. J. 



INDIANAPOLIS. IND. 
LOUISVILLE. KY. 

NEW YORK. N. Y. 

NEW HAVEN, CONN. 

ONEIDA. N. Y. 

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 
PITTSBURGH. PA. 

WILLIAMSBURG. N. Y. 
ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



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JSTIN BREWSTE 



kCE C. HREWSTER. 



BREW STER, 
CRITTENDEN 
& CO, 



IMPORTERS, 
AVHOLE8ALE 
GROCERS, AND 
DEALERS IN 
FIELD SEEDS. 




44, 46, 48 AND 50 ST. PAUL STREET, 
16, 18, 20 AXD 22 310RT1MER STREET, 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



132 









Telephone I506. 








A. T HAGEN, President. 

D. M. COOPER, Vice-President. 

J. D. F. WHITBECK, Secretary and Treasurer. 





WHOLESAlgpETAffln nWu 

1111 



F. P. VAN HOESEN, 

Wall 

Papers 

PAINTS, OILS, 
VARNISHES. 



nOULDINQS AND 
WINDOW SHADES. 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 



43, 45 riain Street, East. 



SMITH, BEIR 
& QORMLY, 



WHOLESALERS 
. . ONLY OF . . 



DRY GOODS, 
NOTIONS, 
AND MEN'S 
FURNISHINGS. 



37=39 ST. PAUL STREET, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 




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% BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY i 






1-*^ "% 



Continental 
%4c^^ JMurseries %Ac^^ 



ROCHESTER, N, Y. 



'& 



e 




^ 



OFFICE OF BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY AT BRIGHTON. V 

^ COMPLETE USE Oh ^ 

Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Hardy ^ 

Flowering Shrubs, Vines, Etc. | 

Landscape Work a Specialty. New Grounds Laid Out and Old Z 

Ones Remodeled. ^ 

AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. t 



'35 



WILMOT CASTLE & CO,, 



Manufacturers of SHEET METAL SPECIALTIES 



STERILIZERS 
FOR PHYSICIANS. 

STERILIZERS 

FOR HOSPITALS AND 

LABORATORIES. 

STERILIZERS 
FOR FAMILIES. 

STEAM COOKERS. 

STEAM COFFEE POTS 

AND URNS. 

HOT AIR RADIATORS, 
ETC., ETC. 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 




15, 17, J9, and 21 ELM STREET, 

16, J8, and 20 CORTLAND STREET, 



BERNARD F. DUNN 



CIGARS 

AND 

TOBACCOS 




BOX TRADE A 
SPECIALTY. 




226 Main Street, East, 



ROCHESTER, N. Y 



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/o//.y c. liouDJiLK); /. hesley K/SGsro.w charles e. crouch. 

President. I'ici-President. Secietaiy and Treasurer. 



THE WOODBURY 
WHIP COMPANY. 




A/A.XCEACTL'RERS Of ALL 
GRADES AND STYLES OP 



BUGGY, TEAM, DROVERS' IJ/ZJTr)^ 
RIDING AND COACH VV lll±^ 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



M. D. KNOIVLTON. 



FRED H. BEACH. 



KNOIVLTON & Beach, 



MANrFACTCRERS OF 



PAPER BOX MACHINERY. 




^9-35 ELIZABETH ST., ROCHESTER, N. V. 



2 J GO SWELL ROAD, LONDON. 
138 



GEORGE MOORE'S 
ARTIFICIAL LIMB 
MANUFACTORY 



OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 




APPOINTED BY THE GOVERN- 
MENT TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL 
LIMBS FOR CRIPPLED SOL- 
DIERS, SAILORS and MARINES 
DISABLED IN THE UNITED 
STATES' SERVICE. 



NOTICE TO VETERANS. — A savint,' of twentA-tive dollars can be made on a 
sevent) -five dollar order for an Artificial Limb by any Veteran Soldier, Sailor, or 
Marine. Write for particulars. 

Mr. Moore has had an experience 
of over forty years as an Artificial 
Limb Maker, and has been in business 
for himself during a quarter of a cen- 
tury. He has adjusted limbs for some 
of the most remarkable surgical cases 
on record. 

Send for Illustrated Catalogue, con- 
taining hundreds of testimonials and 
names of prominent citizens in every 
State in the Union who are ^vearing 
Moore's Artificial Limbs. 










^FACTORY AND OFFICE^ 



305 CLINTON AVENUE, NORTH, 

' ^=^~ AND EE=^ 

50 and 52 MARIETTA STREET, 
ROCHESTER. NEW YORK. 



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ROCHESTER 

BUSINESS 

INSTITUTE 

Established 1863. 

A THOROUGH 
BUSINESS SCHOOL. 

Commercial, SKortHaxid 
and EnglisH Courses. 

Day ScHool—All the Year. 
Nig'Ht School— October to April. 

Catalogues sent free 


' III ' ■ ■;-: •"■ '" 


■H 



Seed Farms 



at Despatch 



r^ 








VICRS 
SEEDS 



EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN, FARM AND LA^WN. 

Fall Catalogue of Tulips, Hyacinths, Hardy and 

Tender Plants, Etc., ready in August. 
VicK's Garden and Floral Guide in January. 

JAMES VICK'S SONS, 

16 and 20 STONE STREET. Alliance BanK Building. 

140 



BAUSCH^^ 
LO/nB 
OPTICAL 
COMPANYJ^.*: 

M\VVl)«l\{ 
BRANCML.V 
NEW > ORK I 
CHICAGO 



BAUSCH S lOnB-ZElSS 

STEREO 

BINOCULAR- 
GLASSES 



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FIELD OF 
BAUiCH t LOMB-ZEISS 
STEREO BINOCULAK 



'MOST EVERY ONE 

Travels some or Hunts, 

Or attends the Games or Races, 

Or has a Summer Cottage or an Ice Boat. 

VERY FEW PEOPLE 

Get the most pleasure and profit from these things 

Because the majority of happenings 

Are out of sight, 

That is to say — too far away to see 

Unless 

You have a good Field Glass. 

Hadn't you better 

Send for our booklet about the STEREO Glasses? 

Sold by all dealers. 

CATALOG OF MICROSCOPES, PHOTO LENSES, CHEMICALS, FREE. 



141 



Cable, "Strowger, Rochester." 



Bell Telephone, Chase 919. 



Walter Scott Strowger 

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER 



240 Monroe Avenue, 



ROCHESTER, IN. Y. 




STROWGER AUTOMATIC 
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE 
SYSTEM 



Used in the White House and Government 
Departments, Washington, D. C, and some 
thirty cities and towns in the United States. 
Recently adopted by Telephone Corporations 
in England and Germany. 



THIS SYSTEVI OF TELEPHONING 
INSURES ABSOLUTE SECRECY 



"It does away with the large staff of skilled attendants at present required at the 
Central and Subsidiary Exchange, and thus not only reduces working expenses, but gives 
increased speed and facility in communication. The saving effected by the elimination 
of the exchange operators enables a service to be given at much less cost than with the 
present methods." — London {Eng.) Times, Feb. 5, i8gS. 



eSTROWGER'S inevv^ 



ELECTRIC, STORAGE BATTERY 

Is the most perfect and reliable in the world. Can be adapted to any use. 

STROWGER'S LIQUID GAS 

Is the newest, safest and cheapest illuminant. 
Send for particulars. 



142 




DWELLINGS, 

BUSINESS 

BUILDINGS, 

HAN'FACTURING 

POWER 

PLANTS, 

APARTMENT 

HOUSES, LOTS. 




THE LENOX, COR. WEST AVE. AND PROSPECT ST. 



We have these, well dis- 
tributed throughout the city. Will sell at low prices, and on terms to 
suit, or will rent to desirable tenants. 




OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, 
CORNER NORTH FITZHUGH AND CHVRCH STREETS. 



City 

Realty Co. 
of 
Rochester, 



Corner North Fitzhugh 
and Church Streets. 

CHARLES C. CLARK, President. 
GEO C, BUELL, Vice-President. 
FREDERICK W. ZOLLER, Treas. 
MURRAY W. CROSBY, Secretary 

and General Manager. 
ELBRIDGE L. ADAMS, Counsel. 



Rochester 
Telephone 1992. 




143 



BARNARD & SIMONDS CO., 




^m»r.i* & 1. 9 g 



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ROCHESTER, 
N. Y., 

Makers of 

Fine 
Chairs 



DINING, OFFICE, 
CHAMBER, HALL, 

LADIES' DESK, 

SLIPPER CHAIRS, 

ROCKERS. 



SUPERIOR IN STYLE, CONSTRUCTION AND FINISH. 

DURAND MANUFACTURING CO., 

Manufacturers of 

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER SKIFFS. 



FOOT POWER 
LAUNCHES 

GASOLINE 
LAUNCHES 

CANADIAN 
CANOES 




■Mrui 



BULLIS 
COASTER 



GENESEE 

AUTOMATIC 

BICYCLE PUMPS 






ROW LOCKS, ETC. 

206 to 218 SOUTH AVENUE, 







ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



144 



rift 



5> 















WITH A BELL TELEPHONE 
IN YOUR HOUSE 




You can talK instantaneously to anybody 
in any direction, 'within a radius of 



miles* 




It beats tKe 

mail and 

telegrapK to 

a standstill. 



No other 

systenf> gives 

a similaj* 

service 



Don't 
Travel, 
Telephone. 



The chase exchange, 

GOODMAN STREET AND PARK AVENUE 
ROCHESTER, N. Y, 



^he BLUE SIGN and u/^e BLUE BELL Everywhere 



Rochester Chamber of Commerce 

ORGANIZED 1887. INCORPORATED 1888. 

TRe objects for which this corporation is 
formed are : To foster the trade and com- 
merce of the City of Rochester ; to protect 
such trade and commerce from unjust and 
unlawful exactions; to reform abuses in trade, 
and to promote a more enlarged and friendly 
intercourse between merchants and manu» 
facturers. 

Any person, firm or corporation may be- 
come a member of the association, as pro= 
vided in the by-laws. 

Application for membership should be 
made to the Secretary in writing. 

TRere is no initiation fee, and the dues are 
twenty dollars per year. 

Persons having money to invest in local 
manufacturing enterprises should communi- 
cate with the Secretary. 

A book for the free entry of real estate suitable for building sites can be found at the 
office of the Secretary. Telephones No, 379. 




Geo. F. Roth, President. -V- ^- Zimmer, Vice=President. 

Chas. IV. IVeis, Secretary and Treasurer. 

HOCH ESTER CJiRTING CO. 




Handlers of 



liallroad Freights, Safes, Machinery, 
Furniture, Etc. 



STORJiGE 
UOJtREHOUSE. 



Offices, 162=164 Jtndrews St., New York Central Freight House, and 
24.-26.-2S N. Washington St., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



146 




Artistic Brick Houses 



Rellect intiivifluality. If you 
contemplate l)uildiiigf, let us 
talk with you about the 
superiority of 

Hydraulic 
Front Bricks 

Our Old Reds, Grays, Golds 
: aiul Mottled Effects make 
beautiful homes at about the 
cost of all wood, with better 
style and durability. 

Sample Bricks and Booklets free 

New York Hydraalic-Press Brick Co. 

Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, N. Y, 

The Rochester residences, photo -engravings of 
w-hich are shown on pages 40 and so of this publi- 
cation, were made from brick furnished by the New 
York Hvdraulic-Press Hrick Co. 





-i) 



J. G. LUITWIELER & SONS, 



DEALERS IN ARTISTS' MATERIALS 
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ^= 

No. 24 South Avenue, 
Rochester. N. Y. 



ALSO PAINTS. VARNISHES. OILS. ETC.. 
FOR PAINTERS AND DECORATORS. 



A very complete stock of Oil 
and Water Colors, and all the 
appliances and materials for 
artists and art students kept 
continually on hand. 
The finest grades of Paper 
and Canvas, Easels, Drawing 
Boards, Sketching Outfits at 
most reasonahle prices. 
In the House Painting and 
Decorative Department can be 
found Jap-a-lac Finishes, 
Mixed Paints, Lead and Oil, 
Turpentine, Johnson's Floor 
Wax, Stains, Varnishes, Glues, 
Brushes, and Glass. 




147 




TEALL & SONS, 

CA TERERS. 



PARTIES, WEDDINGS, RECEPTIONS, 

BANQUETS, CLUB ENTERTAINMENTS, 

IN OR OUT OF THE CITY. 






Fall Service. 



Modem Features, 



Hall for Private Dances, 
Dinner Parties, Etc.^ Etc. 



TEALL & SONS, 

t39 East Avenue, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 

Telephones 281. 



FRUIT TREES, SMALL FRUITS 
including GRAPES; ORNAMENT- 
AL TREES, EVERGREENS AND 
FLOWERING SHRUBS for public 
— ^ and private grounds; SHADE TREES 
for streets; HARDY ROSES, HARDY PLANTS, CLIMBERS, Etc. 



T^EiS 




Our beautifull-^ Illustrated Catalogue 
contains accurate and truslwortl^y de- 
scriptions of the choicest varieties, and 
is replete with practical hints indispens- 
able to planters; it will be mailed FREE 
on application. 




ELLW ANGER & BARRY, 

MT. HOPE NURSERIES, 

Established Over 60 Years. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Moitioit this publication. 



148 



WHITCOMB HOUSE 



ROCHESTER, N. Y 



ESTABLISHED IN 1872. 




A MODEL HOTEL STRUCTURE, CONTAINING 
EVERY CONVENIENCE FOR THE COMFORT 
: AND PLEASURE OF GUESTS.hieee 

Perfect Elevator vSystem, Electric Bells, Private Baths, Well Trained Attendants, 
vSuperb Dining- Hall, High Class Menus, Magnificent (irill Room for those who 
prefer the European Plan. One of the First Class Hotels of the Empire State. 

RATES, $2.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY. 

Free Busses to All Trains. 

WHITCOMB & DOWNS, P'-°p"«°'-^- 

149 



ROCHESTER 
BREWERS' ASSOCIATION 



ALL THE BREWERIES 
^OF THE CITY^ 




H. B. HATHAWAY, President. JOHM BRADLEY, Secretary. 




■* 




CHARLES S. GIBBS, 



MANUFACTURER OF 



FINE HARNESS 

Horse Boots, Stable Supplies, 



EVERYTHING FOR THE HORSE. 



Telephone 1387. 

159 State Street, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



150 




J5I 



NEWOSBURN HOUSE 



Is conducted l)y the Osliurn Hotel Co., of which Mr. F. A. Pierson 
is General Manager. It is situated on South Avenue, between 
Main and Court Streets, facing the Aqueduct and Gene- 
see River, making it a most desirable location for 
either traveling man or tourist. 

The house contains no all light, outside rooms, a 
number of which have porcelain baths and toilet e(|uip- 
ments. New sanitary 
toilets for gentlemen 
have been placed on 
each sleeping floor. 

The house has been 
thoroughly renovated, 
re-painted and paper'd. 
New mattresses in ev- 
ery room, and a large 
number of new carpets 
have been added. Elec- 
tric lights, steam heat, 
electric elevator, and 
all other modern im- 
provements. 

The cuisine is excelled 
by none in the city. Free 
bus ; also direct car con- 
nection with all depots. 

American plan. Rates 
fi.oo to $3.00 per day. 



*\ 







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OSBURN HOTEL CO., Proprietors, f- a. pierson. Manage. 












MODERN, 
INDEPENDENT 
TELEPHONE 
PLANT. 



ROCHESTER 
TELEPHONE 
COMPANY, 

STONE STREET, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



PVQ. ,SvQpvD A^vQ, 00 ,X>Q,; 



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152 



LARGEST HOME FURNISHING HOUSE 
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 



Furniture, 

Carpets, 

Draperies, 

Crocliery, 

Lamps, 

Stoves, 

Kitchen 

Utensils, 

Clocks, 

Pictures. 





Our model 9=room house, furnished complete, is located on the fourth floor. This is 
an object-lesson in artistic home furnishing, and visitors are delighted with it. We give 
you a cordial invitation to come and see it and take a look through the entire store. 










H. B. GRAVES, 

STATE, MARKET AND MILL STREETS, ROCHESTER, M. Y. 

Main Entrance, 78 State Street. 



153 



THE DONOGHUE IMPORTING CO. 




THE GREAT 

DISTRIBUTING 

POINT 

FOR THE 

PUREST WINES 

AND 

LIQUORS 

AT 

THE 

LOWEST PRICES. 



237 & 239 MAIN STREET, EAST, ROCHESTER, N. Y, 



Try BoUinger^s Champagne* 



THE JACKSON SANATORIUM 

DANSVILLE, N. Y. 



CLEAR, DRY AT- 
MOSPHERE, FREE 
FROM FOGS AND 
MALARIA. 



PURE SPRING 
WATER FROM 
ROCKY HEIGHTS. 



PERFECT DRAIN- 
AGE AND SEWER- 
AGE. 

MAIN BUILDING 
ABSOLUTELY 
FIRE- PROOF. 



ADEIyIGHTFUIv home for those seeking health, rest or recrea- 
tion. Under the personal care of regularly educated and experi- 
enced physicians. Hillside location in Woodlawn Park, over- 
looking extended views of the famous Oenesee Valley region, unsur- 
passed for healthfulness and beauty. 

Elegant modern FIRP:-PR00F MAIN BUILDING and twelve 
cottages, complete in all appliances for health and comfort. Extensive 
apartments for treatment arranged for individual privacy. Skilled 
attendants. All forms of fresh and salt water baths : Electricity, Mas- 
sage, Swedish Movements, etc. Vacuum treatments. Delsarte System 
of Physical Culture. Frequent lectures and lessons on Health Topics. 
Especial provi.sion for quiet and rest: also for recreation, amusement 
and regular outdoor life. Delightful walks and drives. 

Culinary Department under supervision of Mrs. Emma P. Ewing, 
.Superintendent of Chautauqua Cooking School. 

Steam heat, open fires, electric bells, safety elevator, telegrapli. 
telephone, chapel, library, daily papers, and every provision for com- 
fort, health and good cheer. 

For illustrated pamphlet, testimonials, and other iuform.Ttiim , 
address 

J. ARTHUR JACKSON, M. D.. Secretary, 
DANSVILLE, N. Y. 



154 




H. A. LANGSLOW. P. A. FOWLER. S. C. LANGSLOW. 

LANGSLOW. FOWLER CO., 

MANUFACTt'RERS OF 

Fancy Rockers 



AND 



Morris Chairs 



OFFICE AXO FACTORY: 

(.^ 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75 SOUTH AVENLE, and 
47 and 49 SOUTH WATER STREET, 

ROCHESTER, N. Y. 




155 



ROCHESTER BOX & LUMBER CO. 




Manufacturers of 



Packing 
Cases. 



LOCK CORNER 

BOXES 

A Specialty. 

Lumber, 



Cor. Piatt and Warehouse Streets, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 




SCHLEGEL MANUFACTURING CO. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Call and see the 
exclusive line of 
Pictures 
and Frames 
suitable for 
Wedding Gifts. 
Visitors are 
welcome. 

EMPIRE 
MOULDING WORKS, 

Frank G. Newell, President. 

Third Floor Granite Building 



156 



















H. P. NEUN, 










Manufacturer of 










FINE PAPER BOXES 

SILVERWARE, JEWELRY A^D 






iP^ 




CO^FECT^O^ERY BOXES 












iiitfiiiir^'^iWI 




FOLDING PRIINTIING and 




0SaP iSi'; 1 




BOXES EMBOSSING 






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131 TO 139 rSORTH WATER STREET, 










ROCHESTER, N. Y. 















Mechanics' Tools, Manufacturers' 
Supplies, Cutlery, Builders' Hardware. 




We have the Best 

Goods that are 

Produced. 



There is Nothing 

Too Good 

for 

Our Customers. 



Louis Ernst & Son, 129 and 131 Main Street, East. 



'57 



NEW CENTURY 

AUTO/v\ATIC COLD AIR 




GAS 
MACHINE 



'•,'oV 






h sy^'iJ 




INVENTED AND PATENTED 



SSo'oT."tT%"l5S, BY H.J.MYERS^'''O.M.ROBERTS. 



'^Bse 



aBiii'itt ' lf 



ll^Tf^ 



ESTABLISHED 1854. 

JEFFREYS, 

UNDERTAKER. 




♦ 






56 East Avenue, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



159 




STATE STREET FROM EXCHANGE STREET. 



m 


INDEX TO TOPICS 


11 



Rochester the Po\Yer Citj^, . 

Rochester — Past, Present, 

Rochester's CHmate — Finest in the World, 

Rochester's New Masonic Hall, 

Rochester's Urban and Suburban Trolley System, 

Rochester's Public Parks, 

Music in the Parks, 

Rochester's Main Street, 

Rochester's Mechanics Institute, 

Rochester's New High School, . 

Certificate of Incorporation, . 

Chamber of Commerce By-Laws, 

The Genesee \'alley Trust Co., 

In Memoriam, ..... 

Ezra R. Andrews, 

Alvarado Stevens, 

Charles Storrs Barrows, 

Joel B. Davis, .... 

George C. Maurer, 
Officers for 1901, .... 

Standing Committees, 
Members of Chamber of Commerce, 



Page 

3 
7 

17 
21 

23 
29 

31 
33 
37 
43 
47 
51 
59 
61 
62 

63 
64 

65 
66 

67 
69 
71 



161 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS 



Portrait, President A. B. Lamberton, 

Frontispiece 

Portrait, ex-President H. B. Hathaway, 4 

Chamber of Commerce Building, . 6 

Upper Falls of the Genesee, . 8 

Upper, Middle and Lower Falls, . 10 

The Otis Arch, . . . 12 
Model Camp I5tli Infantry U. S. A., 

Seneca Park, West, . . 14 

Ninth Regiment N. G., Wilkesbarre, Pa., 16 

Brink of the Lower F'alls, Winter, 18 

The New Masonic Temple. . 20 

Map of Electric & Steam Railway Lines, 22 

New First Methodist Episcopal Church, 24 
Main Street, looking East from State 

Street, Night, ... 26 

In Seneca Park, East, . . 28 
Public Band Concerts— Genesee Valley 

Park ; Seneca Park, East, . 30 
Consolidated Bands Marching down 

Main Street, . . . 32 
Main Street, looking West from St. 

Paul Street, ... 34 



Page 
Mechanics Institute, . . .36 

E. F. Higgins' Twentieth Century Coach 38 
A Group of Rochester Residences, 40 

The New East High School, . 42 

Venice in America — Andrews St. Bridge, 44 
A Group of Rochester Views, . 45 

Reservoir, Highland Park, . 46 

Genesee River and Red Creek, . 48 

Christ Church, East Avenue, . 49 

Five Rochester Residences, . . 50 

Genesee Valley Trust Co., . 58 

In Genesee Valley Park, . . 68 

Aqueduct over Genesee River, . 70 

Scene near the "Dugway," . . 79 

Monroe Avenue Methodist Episcopal 

Church, . . . .So 

Scene in Genesee Valley Park, 15S 

State Street, from Exchange Street, 160 
Indian Trail, Seneca Park, East, 162 

No. 12 School, Wadsworth Square, 164 

View from the Pavilion, Highland Park, 166 
Soldiers and Sailors' Monument, Wash- 
ington Square, . . .168 



163 




INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 




Alliance Bank, 

Archer Manufacturing Co , 

Barnard & Sinionds Co., 

Bausch & Lonib Optical Co., 

Beadle & Sherburne Co., 

Bell Telephone, The, 

Brewster, Crittenden & Co., 

Brown Bros. Co., 

Buell, George C, & Co., 

Burke, Fit/. Simons, Hone & Co., 

Castle, Wilmot, & Co., 

Central Bank, The . 

Citizens' Light and Power Co., 

City Realty Co. of Rochester, 

Commercial Bank, 

Co-Operative Foundry Co., 

Cunningham, The James, Son & Co., 

Curtice Bros. Co., . 

Cutler Manufacturing Co., 

Donoghue Importing Co., The, 

Duffy Malt Whiskey Co , 

Dunn, Bernard F., . 

Durand Manufacturing Co., 

Eastman Kodak Co., 

East Side Savings Bank, The, 

"EUwanger & Barry, 

Empire IMoulding Works, 

Ernst, Louis, & Son, 

Fidelity Trust Co., The, 

Flour City National Bank, The, 

Garfield, C. F., 

Genesee Fruit Co., 

German-American Bank, 

Gibbs, Charles S., . 

Gottry, Sam., Carting Co., 

Graves, H. B., 

Ham Manufacturing Co., C. T., 

Higgins-Almstead Co.. 

Higgins, E. F., 

Howe & Rogers Co. , 

Hubbard & Eldredge Co., 

Ingmire & Thompson, 

(Index 



Page 

loi Jackson Sanatorium, The, 

112 JeflFreys, 

144 Knowlton & Beach, 
141 Langslow, Fowler Co., 

119 Likly, Henry, & Co., . 

145 Luitwieler, J. G , & Sons, . 
132 Martin, J. W., & Bro., 

135 Mathews & Boucher, 
106 Mechanics Savings Bank, 

117 Millspaugh & Green, 

136 Monroe County Savings Bank, 
91 Moore, George, 

100 Moore, John C., 

143 Morse, Wm. B., & Sons, 

103 National Casket Co., 
88 Neun, H. P., 

100 New Century Gas Machine, 

104 New Osburn House, 

94 New York Hydraulic- Press Brick Co., 

154 Otis Elevator Co., 

127 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 

136 Powers Hotel, The, 

144 Pullman Sash Balance Co., 
86 Reed, E. P., & Co., 
99 Rochester Box & Lumber Co., 

148 Rochester Brewers' Association, 

156 Rochester Business Institute, . 

157 Rochester Candy Works, The, 
III Rochester Carting Co., 

105 Rochester Chamber of Commerce 

120 Rochester Gas and Electric Co , 

121 Rochester German Ins. Co., The, 
93 Rochester Savings Bank, . 

150 Rochester Telephone Co , 
130 Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Co., 
153 Rouse, Irving, Wholesale Nurseryman 
115 Schaefer, Henry A., 

126 Schlegel Manufacturing Co , 

151 Scrantom, Wetmore & Co., 

118 Security Trust Co., 
90 Shantz Co., M. B., 

122 Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co., . 
continued on page 167.) 

165 



Page 

154 
159 
138 
155 
96 

147 
81 
92 

87 
124 

85 
139 
128 
130 
131 
157 
159 
152 
147 
122 
IIO 
128 
130 
102 

140 
123 

146 
146 

95 
112 

S3 
152 
107 
114 
124 
156 
125 

97 
116 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS-Continued. 



vSiddons Co., The John, 
Smith, Beir & Gornily, 
Smith, Perkins & Co., 
Stacy Co., O. T., 
Star Palace Laundry, 
Stecher Lithographic Co., 
Strowger, Walter Scott, 
Teall & Sons, 
Title and Guarantee Co., 
Traders National Bank, 



Page 




Page 


no 


Union Clothing Co., The, . 


126 


■34 


Union Trust Co., 


109 


82 


Utz & Dunn, 


"3 


126 


Vacuum Oil Co.. 


. 84 


133 


Van Hoesen, F. P., 


134 


108 


Vick Son's, James, 


140 


142 


Weaver, Palmer & Richmond, 


129 


148 


Whitcomb House, 


• 149 


114 


Woodbury, W. E , & Co., 


126 


89 


Woodbury Whip Co., The, 


• 137 




ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



THE Secretary of the Chamber desires in the name of the Corporation to heartily and 
gratefully thank all those whose advertisements appear in this book, and whose 
generosity made its publication possible. 

Thanks are also extended to Mr. George W. Lee, photographer, for the use of his 
copyrighted photographs, engravings from which appear on pages 32 and 46. 

To Mr. J. Foster Warner, for architects' drawings of the new East High School and 
ground plan of same. 

To Messrs. J. Mills Piatt and Leon Stern for architects' drawing of new Masonic 
Temple. 

To Mr. A. C. Walker for engraving of Christ Church, East Avenue, showing the edifice 
as it will appear when the new tower is completed. 

To Messrs. Webster and Albee, photographers, for many courtesies. 

To the Union and Advertiser Company for the taste and honest workmanship displayed. 

The publication speaks for itself. If it proves an aid to the advancement of 
Rochester, the city in which we all take an honorable pride, the end sought for will 
have been attained. 



Rochester, N. Y., Nov. ist, 1901. 




MJn- 



Secretary. 



167 




SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' MONUMENT-WASHINGTON SQUARE. 




FACTS ABOUT ROCHESTER. 

Estimated population, 170,000. Number of wards, 20. 

Area of city, J 1,635 acres. Houses, 41,000. 

Open streets, 325 miles. Improved streets, J26 miles. Water 
pipe, 273 miles. Arc lights, 2,678. The best lighted city in the 
United States. 

Parks, 692 acres. Electric R'y, 103 miles. Sewers, 223 miles. 

Churches, n 8. Hospitals, 6. Theatres, 4. Libraries, 4. 

Fire companies, 24. Firemen, 201. Policemen, 193. 

Water power, Genesee river, 30,000 horse-power. Fall of 
river within city limits, 260 feet. Power and building sites now 
for sale cheaper than any city of its size in the world. 

Bridges across the Genesee, 10; one 212 ft. high, 990 ft. long. 

First city in the world in the production of photographic appa- 
ratus. Has largest preserving establishment in the world. 
Largest button factory. Largest cider and vinegar establishment. 

Largest lubricating oil plant. 

Largest manufactory of paper box machinery. 

First city in the world in the output of seeds and nursery stock. 

First city in the world in the output of optical instruments. 

Third city in the United States in the manufacture of clothing, 
37 factories. Annual output, over $10,000,000 worth of goods. 

Fourth city in the United States in the manufacture of boots 
and shoes. Number of factories, 64. Annual output, $6,000,000- 

Rochester beer is justly famous. For the year ending April, 
I90J, there were brewed 470,C00 barrels of beer, and 105,000 
barrels of ale. Employment is given to 40 officers and 660 men. 

Flouring mills, 15, which annually produce more than 
1,000,000 barrels of flour. Manufacturing establishments, 2,700. 

Employees in factories and workshops, 51,000. 

Capital in manufacturing and wholesale trade, $52,500,000. 

Annual value manufactured products, $310,250,000. 

Annual post-office receipts, exclusive of money orders, $452,000. 

Coal consumed in Rochester and shipped at "Yates docks 1900— 
Bituminous 643,000 tons. Anthracite, 360,000. 

Mechanics Institute— 2,300 students in new $200,000 building. 

High Schools, 2. Colleges I. Universities J. Theological 
Seminaries, 2. Pupils registered in public schools, 24,500. 
In parochial schools 10,200. 

Rochester is especially suited for entertaining conventions, 
having hotel accommodations for 2,000 visitors, and unexcelled 
railroad facilities. Railways, II : New York Central; Northern 
Central; Erie; Lehigh Valley; Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg; 
Rochester & Pittsburg; West Shore; Pennsylvania; Toronto, 
Hamilton & Buffalo; Dansville & Mt. Morris. The Pennsyl- 
vania railroad also enters Rochester over the Northern Central 
and New York Central tracks, and the Delaware, Lackawanna 
and Western over the Pennsylvania. 

Rochester is nearer the coal fields of Pennsylvania than any 
other large northern city, hence cheap fuel is alw^ays assured. 

Situated in Monroe County, the garden spot of the world, 
living is exceptionally cheap. 

Water supply practically unlimited and pure, two conduits 
bringing 22,000,000 gallons daily to Highland Park reservoir 
from Hemlock lake, 29 miles distant. 

Assessed valuation, 1 90 1. Real, $103,042,575. Personal, 
$7,378,630. Franchises, $5,149,685. Tax levy, 1 90 1, $1,793,000. 
Tax decimal, 15.65. 

Summer resorts, Ontario Beach, Sea Breeze. Glen Haven, 
Manitou, Windsor Beach, Sodus Bay. Quickly and easily 
reached by steam railways or electric cars. 

Lake Ontario and the Erie Canal afford cheap shipping 
facilities by water. 

Death rate exceptionally low, average past 8 years 13.99 each 
1000 of population. Better showing than any city in the state. 



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